The wilderness around the land southward is eastward of the land southward.
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III NEPHI 2:59 [4:13]: And thus they did pursue them, and did slay them, to the borders of the wilderness, even until they had fulfilled the commandment of Gidgiddoni.
Commentary: This verse references the places of the land southward, the one place, and the wilderness around the land southward. The term 'they' refers to Gidgiddoni and his army. The phrase 'to the borders of the wilderness' indicates that the one place was not in a wilderness. There is a wilderness that bordered the land southward (the location of the one place). Given the number of wilderness locations eastward of the land southward, using Occam's Razor, the wilderness around the land southward is likely also eastward of the land southward.
III NEPHI 2:67 [4:19]: For behold they had nothing save it were meat for their subsistence, which meat they did obtain in the wilderness.
Commentary: This verse references the places of the land southward, the one place, and the wilderness around the land southward. The term 'they' refers to the robbers. The robbers were in proximity to the one place used as protection from the robbers, so the wilderness around the land southward is the wilderness mentioned here.
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