1 Nephi 16
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After Nephi finished his sermon to his brothers, they humbled themselves and were good for a while. Then Nephi and his brothers got married to the daughters of Ishmael, and everyone was pretty happy. Then the Lord commanded Lehi to break camp and get moving again. But this time, nobody had to take his word for it--the Lord gave him a fancy compass thing to direct them. Following its directions took them through the most fertile parts of the wilderness, and their journey was pretty enjoyable. But then Nephi broke his bow, and his brothers' bows had lost their springs, so there wasn't a way to get food, so everyone started complaining--including Lehi. But Nephi managed to make himself a new bow and then asked Lehi where to go to hunt. Lehi got in trouble with the Lord for losing faith, and words appeared on the compass that put the fear of God in all the doubters. Then Nephi was able to get food and everyone was happy again. But then Ishmael died, and his daughters' grief was pretty intense. So Laman decided to get together a group of people to kill Nephi, but the voice of God came from heaven and gave them a talking to, so they repented.
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