being one of the
most expert among them, having much business to do among the
people.
Alma 10:32
32 Now the object of these lawyers was to get gain; and they got
gain according to their employ.
Alma 11
Chapter 11
Alma 11:1
1 Now it was in the law of Mosiah that every man who was a judge
of the law, or those who were appointed to be judges, should
receive wages according to the time which they labored to judge
those who were brought before them to be judged.
Alma 11:2
2 Now if a man owed another, and he would not pay that which he
did owe, he was complained of to the judge; and the judge
executed authority, and sent forth officers that the man should
be brought before him; and he judged the man according to the law
and the evidences which were brought against him, and thus the
man was compelled to pay that which he owed, or be stripped, or
be cast out from among the people as a thief and a robber.
Alma 11:3
3 And the judge received for his wages according to his time--a
senine of gold for a day, or a senum of silver, which is equal to
a senine of gold; and this is according to the law which was
given.
Alma 11:4
4 Now these are the names of the different pieces of their gold,
and of their silver, according to their value. And the names are
given by the Nephites, for they did not reckon after the manner
of the Jews who were at Jerusalem; neither did they measure after
the manner of the Jews; but they altered their reckoning and
their measure, according to the minds and the circumstances of
the people, in every generation, until the reign of the judges,
they having been established by king Mosiah.
Alma 11:5
5 Now the reckoning is thus--a senine of gold, a seon of gold, a
shum of gold, and a limnah of gold.
Alma 11:6
6 A senum of silver, an amnor of silver, an ezrom of silver, and
an onti of silver.
Alma 11:7
7 A senum of silver was equal to a senine of gold, and either
for a measure of barley, and also for a measure of every kind of
grain.
Alma 11:8
8 Now the amount of a seon of gold was twice the value of a
senine.
Alma 11:9
9 And a shum of gold was twice the value of a seon.
Alma 11:10
10 And a limnah of gold was the value of them all.
Alma 11:11
11 And an amnor of silver was as great as two senums.
Alma 11:12
12 And an ezrom of silver was as great as four senums.
Alma 11:13
13 And an onti was as great as them all.
Alma 11:14
14 Now this is the value of
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