131 And he loveth those who will have him to be their God.
132 Behold, he loved our fathers; and he covenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and he remembered the covenants which he had made;
133 Wherefore, he did bring them out of the land of Egypt, and he did straighten them in the wilderness with his rod, for they hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord straightened them because of their iniquity.
134 He sent fiery-flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten, he prepared a way that they might be healed;
135 And the labor which they had to perform was to look! and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished.
136 And they did harden their hearts from time to time, and they did revile against Moses, and also against God;
137 Nevertheless, ye know that they were led forth by his matchless power into the land of promise.
138 And now, after all these things, the time has come that they have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness;
139 And I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed;
140 For I know that the day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few only who shall be led away into captivity;
141 Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should depart into the wilderness;
