Revelation, 4 December 1831–C [D&C 72:24–26]
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Source Note
Revelation, , OH, 4 Dec. 1831. Featured version copied [ca. 4 Dec. 1831]; handwriting of ; one page; , Papers, BYU.This text was inscribed following the two other JS revelations dictated 4 December 1831, on the verso of the first leaf of a bifolium measuring 12¾ × 8 inches (32 × 20 cm). For a complete physical description, see Source Note for Revelation, 4 Dec. 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8].This document and several other revelations, along with many other personal and institutional documents kept by , were inherited by his daughter Mary Jane Whitney, who married Isaac Groo. This collection was passed down in the Groo family and donated by members of the family to the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University during the period 1969–1974.
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Andrus et al., “Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers, 1825–1906,” 5–6.
Andrus, Hyrum L., Chris Fuller, and Elizabeth E. McKenzie. “Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers, 1825–1906,” Sept. 1998. BYU.
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Historical Introduction
JS dictated this revelation the same day he dictated two other revelations pertaining to the calling of as the in , probably at a held on 4 December 1831 in . The other two revelations explained how Whitney’s duties as bishop were closely related to those of . Partridge was responsible for dividing the land of for , and Whitney was to provide recommends to those who had been faithful in their and had been designated to go to . This revelation provided additional instructions about these recommends. Although manuscript versions indicate that this revelation was separate from the two others dictated on 4 December, the three revelations were combined when they were published.
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For additional information on these revelations, see Revelation, 4 Dec. 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8]; and Revelation, 4 Dec. 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23].
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Revelation, 4 Dec. 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23].
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“A Revelation Given December 4, 1831,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Dec. 1832, [5]–[6]; Revelation, 4 Dec. 1831, in Doctrine and Covenants 89, 1835 ed. [D&C 72]; see also Historical Introduction to Revelation, 4 Dec. 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8].
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
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