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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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With God & there came a man unto him whose name wa[s] Mahijah & said unto him tell us plainly who thou art & from wence thou came & he saith unto him <​them​> I came out from the land of Canaan the land of my fathers a land of righteousness unto this day & my father taught me in all the ways of God]- & it came to pass as I journe[ye]d from the land of of Canaan by the sea east I beheld a vision & lo the heavens I saw & the lord spake with me & gave me commandment wherefore for this cause to keep the commandment I speake forth these words & Enoch continued his speech saying the lord which spake with me the same is the God of heaven & he is my God & your God & ye are my brethren & why council ye yourselves & deny the God of Heaven the Heavens [h]ath
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he made the Earth is his footstool & the foundation thereof is his behold he laid it & hosts of men hath he brought in upon the face thereof & death hath come upon our fathers nevertheless we know them & cannot deny & even the first of all we know even Adam for a book of rememberance we have written among us according to the pattern given by the finger of God & it is given in our own language & as Enoch spoke forth the words of God the People trembeld & could not stand before his presence & he saith unto them because that Adam fell we are & by his fall came death & we are made partakers of misery & wo behold Satan hath come among the children of men & tempteth them to worship him & men have become carnal sensual & devlish & are shut out from the presence of God but God hath made known unto my fathers that all men must repent & he called upon our father Adam by his own voice saying I am god I made the world & men before they were & he also said if thou wilt turn unto me & hearken unto my voice & believe & repent of all thy transgressions & be baptized by water in the name of mine only begotten son which is full of grace & truth which is Jesus Christ the only name <​which shall be​> given under Heaven whereby salvation shall come unto the Children of men & ye shall ask all things in his name & whatsoever ye shall ask it shall be given & our father Adam spake unto the Lord & said why is it that men must repent & be baptized by water & the Lord said unto Adam behold I have forgiven thee thy transgression in the garden of Eden hence came the saying abroad among the People that Christ hath atoned for Original guilt wherein the sins of the parent cannot be answered upon the heads of the Children for they are whole from the foundation of the world & the Lord spake unto Adam saying in as much as thy Children are conceived in sin even so when they begin to grow up sin conceiveth in their hearts & they taste the bitter that they may know to prize the good & it is given unto them to know good from evil wherefore they are agents unto themselves & I have given unto you another law <​& commandment​> wherefore teach it unto your children that all men every where must repent or they can in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven God for no unclean thing can dwell there or dwell in his presence for in the language of Adam man of holyness is his name & the name of his only begotten is the son of man even Jesus Christ a righteous Judge which shall come I give <​unt[o]​> you a commandment to teach these things freely unto your children saying that in as much as they were born into the world by the fall which bringeth death by water & the spirit which I have made & so became of dust a living soul even so ye must be born again of water & the spirit & cleansed by blood [p. 11]
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    TEXT: “[hole in page]ath”.

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