1 Nephi 17: 25

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THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI
HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY

CHAPTER 17

25 Now ye know that the children of Israel were in ^abondage; and ye know that they were laden with ^btasks, which were grievous to be borne; wherefore, ye know that it must needs be a good thing for them, that they should be ^cbrought out of bondage.

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25a	Gen. 15: 13 (13-14) 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a ^astranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall ^bafflict them four hundred years; Mosiah 11: 21. 21 And except they repent and turn to the Lord their God, behold, I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; yea, and they shall be brought into ^abondage; and they shall be afflicted by the hand of their enemies. D&C 101: 79. 79 Therefore, it is not right that any man should be in ^abondage one to another. TG Israel, Bondage of, in Egypt.
b	Ex. 1: 11 (10-11) 11 Therefore they did set over them ^ataskmasters to afflict them with their ^bburdens. And they built for Pharaoh ^ctreasure cities, Pithom and ^dRaamses. Ex. 2: 11. 11 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his ^abrethren, and looked on their ^bburdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 1 Ne. 20: 10. 10 For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of ^aaffliction.
c	Ex. 5: 1. 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, ^aLet my people ^bgo, that they may hold a ^cfeast unto me in the wilderness.