Moroni testified, as did Limhi, about the cause of so much needless loss of life: “For behold how many of our brethren have been slain, and their blood has been spilt in vain, and all because of iniquity. For if this people had not fallen into transgression the Lord would not have suffered this great evil should come upon them, but behold, they would not hearken unto his words; but there arose contentions among them, even so much that they did shed blood among themselves” (Mosiah 7:24–25).