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Joseph Smith Letter to N.C. Saxton, Editor of a Rochester, New York, Newspaper, January 4, 1833Book of Mormon is record of ancient Israelites in Americas.
The Book of Mormon is a
record of the forefathers of our western Tribes of Indians,
having been found through the ministration of an holy Angel
translated into our own Language by the gift and power of
God, after having been hid up in the earth for the last
fourteen hundred years containing the word of God, which was
delivered unto them, By it we learn that our western tribes
of Indians are descendants from that Joseph that was sold
into Egypt, and that the Land of America is a promised land
unto them, and unto it all the tribes of Israel will come,
with as many of the gentiles as shall comply with the
requisition of the new covenant.
Joseph Smith Translating the Book of MormonDel Parson, 1996
"And gave him
[Joseph Smith] power from on high, by the means which
were before prepared, to translate the Book of Mormon"
(D&C 20:8).
Joseph Smith Jr.Richard Burde, 1948Jesus Christ said of Joseph Smith: "And I will make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work" (2 Nephi 3:8).Joseph Smith Translating the Golden PlatesHarold T. Kilbourn, 1978"Immediately after my arrival there [Pennsylvania] I commenced copying the characters off the plates" (Joseph Smith—History 1:62).Joseph Smith Translates the Golden PlatesRobert Barrett, 1988Jesus Christ said of Joseph Smith: "And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none other work, save the work which I shall command him" (2 Nephi 3:8).Joseph Smith TranslatingHarold Kilbourn, circa 1970
"You have a gift to
translate the plates" (D&C 5:4).
Joseph Smith Translates the Gold Plates Video
