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Nephites. Mormon spends most of Alma 3 describing the curse of the Lamanites and suggests that the Amlicites brought it on themselves with their Lamanite alliance.
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Amlicites also mark themselves on the forehead like the Lamanites, and God marks them with dark skin. Some scholars connect this to a prophecy in Second Nephi about people fighting against the Nephites being cursed with dark skin. Other scholars propose that Amlicites and Amalekites are the same
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Amalekite may have been a Lamanite version of the name Amlicite, Professor Royal Skousen used spelling variations in the original manuscripts of the Book of Mormon to extend the idea that they are the same group, showing that Joseph Smith only spelled out new names the first time they came
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Amlicites mark themselves the same way as the Lamanites, God marks them with dark skin. University of North Carolina professor of history and religious studies Grant Hardy writes of Mormon’s efforts to connect the Amlicites' markings and an earlier prediction of Nephi. As
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Cowdery spelled both Amlicites and Amalekites multiple different ways, Amlicite
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Amlicites and the Amalekites were part of the order of Nehor. Additionally, neither group overlaps in time of
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Amlicites give themselves a red mark on the forehead like the Lamanites. In return, God marks them with the same dark skin the original Lamanites were given to differentiate them from the Nephites. Alma adds that it was also a cultural barrier against intermarriage to keep the
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515:First Nephi
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