The Book of Mormon - exploring a word pattern

. . . Pattern Six baptism by immersion:

[003]he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river of water.
[009]I saw a man, and he was dressed in a white robe
[010]a prophet who should come before the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord . . . he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond Jordan . . . he should baptize the Messiah with water
[013a]the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him
[013c]I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil
[017b]I will also be your light in the wilderness; I will prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments; ye shall be led towards the promised land
[018]by his word the waters of the Red Sea were divided hither and thither
[020]If he should command me that I should say unto this water, be thou earth, it should be earth
[021]the winds did cease, and the storm did cease, and there was a great calm . . . we sailed again towards the promised land
[023]Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, come forth out of the waters of Judah
[024]he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them
[025]after they shall be nursed by the Gentiles, and the Lord has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles and set them up for a standard, and their children have been carried in their arms, and their daughters have been carried upon their shoulders . . . for thus are the covenants of the Lord with our fathers
[027]I would that ye would remember
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[6]baptism

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