What a great verse!40 And he loveth those who will have him to be their God. Behold, he loved our fathers, and he covenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he remembered the covenants which he had made; wherefore, he did bring them out of the land of Egypt.
Laman and Lemuel are rationalizing that the Jews must be righteous because they observe the law of Moses and Nephi points out how God called Moses to lead the children of Israel into the wilderness. Sick burn.