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Old Testament Revision, John Whitmer First Copy

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Old Testament Revision, between Dec. 1830 and early Jan. 1831; handwriting of
John Whitmer

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...

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; sixteen pages; CHL.
This copy of the Old Testament Revision remained in the Whitmer family until 1903, when it was acquired by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ).
1

Jackson and Faulring, “Old Testament Manuscript 3,” 116.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Jackson, Kent P., and Scott H. Faulring. “Old Testament Manuscript 3: An Early Transcript of the Book of Moses.” Mormon Historical Studies 5, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 113–144.

In 2024, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acquired the manuscript from the Community of Christ, and it is now held at the Church History Library in Salt Lake City.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Jackson and Faulring, “Old Testament Manuscript 3,” 116.

    Jackson, Kent P., and Scott H. Faulring. “Old Testament Manuscript 3: An Early Transcript of the Book of Moses.” Mormon Historical Studies 5, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 113–144.

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John Whitmer

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...

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moved from
New York

Located in northeast region of U.S. Area settled by Dutch traders, 1620s; later governed by Britain, 1664–1776. Admitted to U.S. as state, 1788. Population in 1810 about 1,000,000; in 1820 about 1,400,000; in 1830 about 1,900,000; and in 1840 about 2,400,...

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Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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, Ohio, in early January 1831, he made a copy of Old Testament Revision 1. This copy includes the first 19 pages and the first five lines of page 20 of the revision (Moses 1; Genesis 1–5). It is possible Whitmer only copied part of the revision manuscript, or that he copied as much as had been dictated by January 1831. The specific circumstances for making this copy are unknown. It was kept in the Whitmer family until 1903, when the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints acquired it.
1

Jackson and Faulring, “Old Testament Manuscript 3,” 116.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Jackson, Kent P., and Scott H. Faulring. “Old Testament Manuscript 3: An Early Transcript of the Book of Moses.” Mormon Historical Studies 5, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 113–144.

For more information on JS’s Bible revision project, see Historical Introduction to Old Testament Revision 1.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Jackson and Faulring, “Old Testament Manuscript 3,” 116.

    Jackson, Kent P., and Scott H. Faulring. “Old Testament Manuscript 3: An Early Transcript of the Book of Moses.” Mormon Historical Studies 5, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 113–144.

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Visions of Moses, June 1830 [Moses 1]

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& Adam said unto him I know not save the Lord hath commanded me & then the Angel spake saying this thing is a similitude of the sacrifice of the only begotten of the Father which is full of grace & truth wherefore thou shalt do all that thou doest in the name of the Son & thou shalt repent & call upon God in the name of the Son for evermore & in that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam which bare record of the father & the Son saying I am Jesus Christ from the beginning henceforth & forever that as thou hast fallen thou mayest be redeemed & all mankind even as many as will & in that day Adam blessed God & was filled & began to prophecy concerning all the families of the Earth saying blessed be the name of God for my transgressions in this life I shall have joy & again in my flesh I shall see God & eve his wife heard all these things & was glad saying were it not for our transgression we should never have seed & should never had known good & evil & the joy of our redemption & the eternal life which God gives unto all the obidient & Adam & eve blessed the name of God & they made all things known unto their children sons & unto their daughters & satan came also among them saying I am also a Son of God & he commanded them saying believe it not & they believed it not & loved satan more than god & men began from that time forth to be carnal sensual & devilish & the Lord God called upon men by the Holy Ghost every where & commanded them that they should repent & as many as believed in the Son & repented of their sins should be saved & as many as believed not & repented not should be damned & the word went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm decree wherefore they must be fulfilled & Adam ceased not to call upon God & Eve also his wife & Adam knew his wife & she conceived & bare Cain & said I have gotten a man from the Lord wherefore he may not refuse his word but Cain behold also Cain hearkened not saying who is the Lord that I should know him & she again conceived & bear his brother Able & Able hearkened unto the voice of the Lord & Able was a keeper of sheep but Cain was a tiller of the ground & he loved Satan more than God & Satan commanded him saying make an offering unto the Lord & in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord & Able he also brought of the firstslings of his flock & of the fat thereof & the Lord had respect to Able & to his offering but unto Cain & to his offering he had not respect now Satan knew this & it pleased him & Cain was verry wroth & his Countenance fell & the Lord said unto Cain why art thou wroth why is thy counetenance fallen if thou dost well shalt thou not be accepted & if thou doest not well sin lieth at the door & Satan desireth to have thee & except thou hearken to my commandments I will deliver thee up & it shall be to <​unto​> thee according to his desire & thou shalt rule over him from this time forth thou shalt be the father of his lies thou shalt be called perdition for thou wast also before the world & it shall be said in times to come that these abominations was had from Cain for he rejected the greater Council which was had from God & this is a cursing which I will put on thee except thou repent & Cain was wroth & listened not any more to the voice of the Lord neither to Abel his brother who walked in holyness before the Lord & Adam also & his wife mourned before the Lord because that <​of​> Cain & his brethren & it came to pass that Cain took one of his brothers daughters to wife & they loved Satan more than God & Satan saith unto Cain Swear unto me by thy throat & if thou tell it thou shalt die & Swear thy brethren by their heads & by the living God that they tell it not for if they tell it they shall shurely die & this that thy father may not know it & <​this day​> I will [p. 7]
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