Mosiah 2:39 · 2 Nephi 9:25
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The legal idiom of mercy holding (or lacking) a CLAIM on the person. Jacob positive (claim secured by the atonement for those without law), Benjamin negative (the knowing transgressor, 2:36/2:33 context). Other carriers complete the ledger: Mosiah 3:26 'mercy could have claim on them no more forever'; Abinadi inverts the claimant - 'he cannot deny justice when it has its claim' (15:27). Note the verse boundary: the phrase sits in 2:39, not 2:38 (2:38 carries 'the demands of divine justice' - see mos-atone-demands-justice).