| December 30, 1830, Canandaigua, New York. |
| Suspend translating until you get to Ohio. Visit
Colesville church. Church to gather in Ohio until Oliver returns. |
| Book of Commandments 39 heading: A Revelation
to Joseph and Sidney, given in Canandaigua, New-York, December, 1830. |
| 1835 Doctrine and Covenants 58 heading: Revelation
to Joseph Smith, jr. and Sidney Rigdon, given December, 1830. |
| William E. McLellin gives the December 30 date
in Ensign of Liberty 1 (March 1847), 2. |
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Book of Commandments 39 |
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| Stop translating until Ohio |
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[1] BEHOLD I say unto
you, that it is not expedient in me that ye should translate any more
until ye shall go to the Ohio, and this because of the enemy and for your
sakes. |
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Current LDS D&C verse
numbers are to the left of the text, 1835 D&C to the left. BC verse numbers are in brackets. |
| Go to Colesville first
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[2] And again, I say unto you,
that ye shall not go until ye have preached my gospel in those parts,
and have strengthened up the church whithersoever it is found, and more
especially in Colesville: |
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[3] For behold they pray unto me in much faith. |
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| Church to gather in Ohio until
Oliver returns |
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[4] And again a commandment I give
unto the church, that it is expedient in me that they should assemble
together at the Ohio, against the time that my servant Oliver Cowdery
shall return unto them. |
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Red:
added in 1835 |
| Let each man choose |
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[5] Behold here is wisdom, and let
every man choose for himself until I come; even so: Amen.
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D&C 38
D&C 36
New York–Pennsylvania Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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