| February 4, 1831, Kirtland,
Ohio. |
| Lord blesses and curses.
Church to gather and agree on the word of the Lord §.
Pray to receive laws to govern church. Lord comes quickly. Whoever keeps
the law is the Lord's disciple; others to be cast out §.
Don't cast pearls before swine. Build a house for Joseph §.
Sidney can live wherever he likes §, as
he keeps the commandments. Edward Partridge, "in whom there
is no guile" §, is called to be bishop. |
| First revelation given
in Kirtland. |
| Kirtland
Revelations Book, 93–94, heading: A Commandment given
Febury 4th 1831 to choose A Bishop &c. |
| Book of Commandments
43 heading: A Revelation to the church in Kirtland, Ohio, and also the
calling of Edward to the office of bishop, given February, 1831. |
| 1835 D&C 61 heading:
Revelation given February, 1831. |
| John Whitmer's history
is consistent with the 1835 D&C text except for one minor difference as
noted. |
| Manuscript History
of the Church heading: The Lord gave unto the church the following
revelation at Kirtland, Ohio, February 4, 1831. |
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Kirtland Revelations Book |
Book of Commandments 43 |
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 61 |
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Current LDS verse
numbers are left of the text. BC verse numbers are in brackets.
1835 D&C verse numbers are right of the text. |
Listen
up
I bless and I curse |
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Hearken and hear oh ye my people
saith your Lord and your God ye whom I delight
to bless with the greatest blessings ye that hear me |
[1] Hearken
and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and
your God, ye whom I delight to bless with the greatest of
all blessings,
ye that hear me; |
Hearken
and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and your God,
ye whom I delight to bless with the greatest of all
blessings; ye that hear me: |
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Light
blue: dropped in 1833
Purple: added in 1833
¶ D&C 24:3–4 |
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and ye that hear me not will I curse that have
professed my name with the heaviest of all cursings |
[2] And ye that hear
me not will I curse, that have professed my name, with the heaviest of
all cursings. |
and ye
that hear me not will I curse, that have professed my name, with the heaviest
of all cursings. |
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| Meet
to agree about my word |
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Hearken O ye Elders of my church
whom I have called |
[3] Hearken,
O ye elders of my church whom I have called; |
Hearken,
O ye elders of my church whom I have called: |
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behold I give unto you a commandment that ye
shall assemble yourselves together to agree upon my word |
[4] Behold I give unto
you a commandment, that ye shall assemble yourselves together to agree
upon my word, |
behold
I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall assemble yourselves together
to agree upon my word, |
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| Receive
divine law by prayer |
3 |
by the prayer of your faith ye shall
receive my law that ye may know to govern my church and have all things
right before me |
and by
the prayer of your faith ye shall receive my law, that ye may know how to
govern my church, and have all things right before me. |
and
by the prayer of your faith ye shall receive my law, that ye may know how
to govern my church, and have all things right before me. |
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| I will
rule |
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and I will be your ruler and ye
shall see that my law is kept |
[5] And
I will be your Ruler when I come: and behold, I
come quickly: and ye shall see that my law is kept. |
And I will be your
ruler when I come: and behold,
I come quickly: and ye shall see that my law is kept. |
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| Disobedient
to be cast out |
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he that receiveth my law [94] and doeth
it the same is my deciple |
[6] He
that receiveth my law and doeth it the same is my disciple: |
He
that receiveth my law and doeth it the same is my disciple; |
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and he that saith he receiveth it and doth it
not the same is not my deciple and Shall be cast out from among you |
[7] And he that saith
he receiveth it and doeth it not, the same
is not my disciple, and shall be cast out from among you. |
and he that saith he receiveth
it and doeth it not, the same is not my disciple,
and shall be cast out from among you: |
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| Pearls
before swine |
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for it is not meet that the things
which belong to the children of the kingdom Should be given to them that
are not worthy or to dogs or the pirls to be cast before swine. |
[8] For
it is not meet that the things which belong to the children of the kingdom,
should be given to them that are not worthy, or to dogs, or the pearls
to be cast before swine. |
for it is not meet
that the things which belong to the children of the kingdom, should be
given to them that are not worthy, or to dogs, or the pearls to be cast
before swine. |
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| Build
house for Joseph |
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and again it is meet that my servant
Joseph Should have a house built in which to live and translate |
[9] And
again, it is meet that my servant Joseph should
have a house built, in which to live and translate. |
And again, it is meet
that my servant Joseph Smith,
Jun., should have a house built, in which to live and translate. |
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Red:
added in 1835
"The first time Joseph and family came to Kirtland
they lived with Isaac Morley, Lucy's father. Later "Father Morley" built
a small house for them on his farm. The twins were born here." "Lucy Diantha Morley Allen," Young Woman's Journal 17
(1906): 537.
¶ Isaac
Morley built a one-room house on his land. |
| Sidney
to take care of himself |
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And again it is meet that my servant
Sidney should live as seemeth him Good |
[10] And
again, it is meet that my servant Sidney should
live as seemeth him good. |
And again, it is meet
that my servant Sidney Rigdon
should live as seemeth him good, inasmuch as he keepeth
my commandments. |
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John Whitmer version omits Rigdon. |
| Edward
to work full time as bishop |
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And again I have called my servant
Edward and give a commandment that he Should be appointed by the voice of
the church and ordained a Bishop unto the church to leave his merchandise
and to spend all his time in the Labours of the church |
[11] And
again, I have called my servant Edward,
and give a commandment, that he should be
appointed by the voice of the church, and ordained a bishop unto the church,
to leave his merchandise and to spend all his time in the labors of the
church; |
And again, I have
called my servant Edward Partridge,
and give a commandment, that he should be
appointed by the voice of the church, and ordained a bishop unto the church,
to leave his merchandise and to spend all his time in the labors of the
church; |
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Edward
Partridge |
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to see to all things as it shall
be appointed unto him in my law in the day that I shall give them |
to see to all things as it shall
be appointed unto him, in my laws in the day
that I shall give them. |
to see to all things
as it shall be appointed unto him, in my laws
in the day that I shall give them. |
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| He is
pure, without guile |
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and this because his heart is pure
before me for he is like unto Nathaniel of Old in whom there is no guile |
[12] And
this because his heart is pure before me, for he is like unto Nathanael
of old, in whom there is no guile. |
And this because his
heart is pure before me, for he is like unto Nathanael of old, in whom
there is no guile. |
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Edward
without guile: ¶ Missouri Persecutions
(1)
Even Ezra Booth regarded Edward highly. ¶
Ezra Booth Letters (7).
Joseph also refers to Newel K. Whitney,
the second bishop, as "without guile."
¶ Joseph to W. W. Phelps, July 31, 1832. |
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these words are given unto you
and they are pure before me |
[13] These
words are given unto you, and they are pure before me:
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These words are given
unto you, and they are pure before me:
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Wherefore be ye [-] how
you hold them for they are to be answered upon your souls in the day of
Judgment even so Amen |
[14] Wherefore beware how
you hold them, for they are to be answered upon your souls in the day of
judgment; even so: Amen. |
wherefore beware how
you hold them, for they are to be answered upon your souls in the day of
judgment; even so. Amen. |
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D&C 42
D&C 40
Ohio Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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