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Nevertheless Helaman did fill the judgment-seat with justice and equity;
yea, he did observe to keep the statutes, and the judgments, and the
commandments of God; and he did do that which was right in the sight of
God continually; and he did walk after the ways of his father, insomuch
that he did prosper in the land.
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And it came to pass in the fifty and third year of the
reign of the judges, Helaman died, and his eldest son Nephi began to
reign in his stead. And it came to pass that he did fill the
judgment-seat with justice and equity; yea, he did keep the commandments of God, and did walk in the ways of his father.
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And they began again to prosper and to wax great; and the twenty and
sixth and seventh years passed away, and there was great order in the
land; and they had formed their laws according to equity and justice.
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And the councilors appointed to speak before the council are to present
the case, after the evidence is examined, in its true light before the
council; and every man is to speak according to equity and justice.
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We believe that all governments necessarily require civil officers and
magistrates to enforce the laws of the same; and that such as will
administer the law in equity and justice should be sought for and upheld by the voice of the people if a republic, or the will of the sovereign.
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