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Bowing in the Book of Mormon

The act of bowing occurs in several places in the Book of Mormon

• when Nephi's brothers beg Nephi forgiveness (1 Ne 7:20)
• when Ammon bowed before the king (Mosiah 7:12)
• when the king of the Lamanites bows before his people on behalf of Limi's people (Mosiah 20:25)
• when Aaron bows before the Lamanite king (Alma 22:2)
• when the Lamanite king bows before God (Alma 22:17)
• when the followers of Zoram "bow down to dumb idols" (Alma 31:1)
• when Captain Moroni prays to God regarding the title of liberty (Alma 46:13)
• when Amalickiah's servants bow before the king just before murdering him (Alma 47:22)
• when Nephi bows himself when praying on the tower (Hel 7:10 and 3 Ne 1:11)
• when the Mulekites "bowed themselves down upon the face of the land" when they reached the promised land (Ether 6:12)