[2]. Ether 10:21.
[3]. Mosiah 9:1-4.
[4]. Omni 1:24.
[5]. For the authority of the foregoing narrative compare Omni 1:26-30, Mosiah 9:1-6, and "Words of Mormon" between the Books of Omni and Mosiah. Also Mosiah 11:13.
[6]. Mosiah 11.
[7]. The city of Helam and the surrounding country which was called "the land of Helam," was doubtless named from Helam, who was the first to receive baptism at the hands of Alma. Mos. 18.
[8]. Compare Mosiah 8, with Mosiah 21, and Mosiah 28.
[9]. Elder Reynolds suggests that this land north of Zarahemla was set apart to them because it would place Zarahemla between them and the Lamanites who might attempt pursuit.—Dict. Book of Mormon, p. 172.
[10]. Mosiah 25:2, 3.
[11]. Alma 51, 52. Helaman 1.