VIDEO: #ComeFollowMe — Why Was Moroni’s Correspondence With Pahoran Significant? Book of Mormon Central (Knowhy #168) – Alma 53–63: “Preserved by His Marvelous Power”
The concluding chapters of the book of Alma (Alma 60–61) include a series of letters written between Moroni and the chief judge Pahoran. The catalyst for this exchange was a Lamanite victory in taking the city of Nephihah: “And thus being exceedingly numerous, yea, and receiving strength from day to day, by the command of Ammoron they came forth against the people of Nephihah, and they did begin to slay them with an exceedingly great slaughter” (Alma 59:7).