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Helaman 1:5 · Mosiah 29:26

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Book of Mormon Helaman 1:5
"Pahoran was appointed by the voice of the people to be chief judge and a governor over the people of Nephi"
Book of Mormon Mosiah 29:26
"do your business by the voice of the people"

Shared words: by the voice of the people

The constitution's replacement mechanism operating under succession stress. Three sons of Pahoran contend for the judgment-seat (Helaman 1:3); the franchise Mosiah 29:26 made law ('do your business by the voice of the people') resolves it — Pahoran appointed 'by the voice of the people' (1:5), Pacumeni uniting 'with the voice of the people' (1:6), and Paanchi 'tried according to the voice of the people, and condemned unto death' for raising rebellion (1:8). The lawful machinery works through the whole span 1:5–13; then it breaks at 1:9, where Paanchi's faction sends Kishkumen to murder Pahoran 'as he sat upon the judgment-seat' — the first judgment-seat assassination, the failure mode reached not by coup but by covert murder. The 'voice of the people' distribution (including these Helaman 1 verses) is carried on the existing 'mos-kj-voice-of-people' record (disclosed, not touched).

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