Revelation, September 1830–D [D&C 30:5–8]
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Source Note
Revelation, , Seneca Co., NY, to , [Sept.] 1830. Featured version, titled “32nd Commandment AD 1830,” copied [ca. Mar. 1831] in Revelation Book 1, p. 42; handwriting of ; CHL. Includes redactions. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation Book 1.
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Historical Introduction
In June 1829, was and told in a revelation that “the thing which will be of the most worth unto you, will be to declare repentance unto this people.” Just weeks later, Whitmer became one of the formal witnesses of the Book of Mormon when he saw and handled the , and by June 1830 he became one of the first elders of the church. The revelation featured here (like those that precede and follow it) originated at the second of the church, which was held in , New York, in late September 1830. It commanded Whitmer to accompany and support , who had been called “to build my Church among thy Brethren the Lamanites.” According to the conference minutes, those present sang and prayed “in behalf of Br. Oliver Cowdery & Peter Whitmer jr.”
Footnotes
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1
JS History, vol. A-1, 23; Revelation, June 1829–D [D&C 16:6].
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3
See Minutes, 9 June 1830.
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4
JS History, vol. A-1, 58–59.
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5
Minutes, 26 Sept. 1830. Parley P. Pratt and Ziba Peterson were a short time later called as missionaries to the Lamanites, and they, Cowdery, and Whitmer each covenanted “before God, that we will assist him faithfully in this thing, by giving heed unto all his words and advice, which is, or shall be given him by the spirit of truth.” (Revelation, Oct. 1830–A [D&C 32:2–3]; Covenant of Oliver Cowdery and Others, 17 Oct. 1830.)
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