"And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments." (Mosiah 6:1)
This is an interesting side note to me. The previous chapter talks all about how the people were converted, and they entered into a covenant with God. Here, it specifically makes mention that King Benjamin decided to write down the names of all those who had covenanted.
We do this same thing today. Saving ordinances, where we enter into a covenant, are recorded diligently in church records. This is actually by mandate from the Lord. He has said that there should be a record kept.
I think this partly has to do with being organized, especially when it comes to performing ordinances for the dead, since there are a lot of people who have died who still need these ordinances performed for them, we need to keep track of those who have had them done so we don't waste time.
Short post, short chapter. Sometimes the short ones make important points. When important events take place, there should be a record of them.
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