This episode is absolutely all over the place in terms of righteousness—in the beginning, the Nephites are wicked, then they get righteous, then they get wicked and the Gadianton Robbers (who were exterminated earlier in the chapter) reform a few years later in a slightly different form, the people get a little righteouser and then return to being wicked..... yeah. It's a lot. I feel for Nephi right now.
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