Corresponding Chapters in Editions of the Book of Mormon
Corresponding Chapters in Editions of the Book
of Mormon
This table provides corresponding
chapter and page information to assist readers in
referencing different editions of the Book of
Mormon. The table is organized according to the
chapter numbers found in the first printed edition
(1830), given in the left column. Because the Book
of Mormon published by The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints is the most widely available
edition of the text, the table is further
subdivided to coincide with chapter breaks in the
current (2013) Latter-day Saint edition.
Unique supplementary material in
each edition, such as copyright information and
various prefaces, is represented in the first
table row. Corresponding page numbers are then
given for the original title page, “The Testimony
of Three Witnesses,” and “The Testimony of Eight
Witnesses.”
The second and third columns
contain corresponding page numbers in the original manuscript and the
printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon, the latter being the copy of
the original manuscript delivered to the printer for use in setting the
type of the first printed edition. As neither manuscript contains
paragraph breaks, line numbers are also provided when pages are
complete.
Because so little of the original
manuscript is extant, the page and line numbers in
the “OM” column of this table may not represent
complete chapters. Page numbering for 1 Nephi
through Enos comes from extant page numbers in the
manuscript. Beginning in Alma, page numbers are
estimated and are presented here in brackets.
The fourth through seventh columns
in this table provide corresponding page numbers
from editions of the Book of Mormon published
during Joseph Smith’s lifetime, beginning in
1830.
The eighth and ninth columns
contain the corresponding versification in the
1992 Community of Christ edition and the 2013
Latter-day Saint edition.
Key
OM: Original Manuscript of the Book
of Mormon
PM: Printer’s Manuscript of the
Book of Mormon
1830: Book of Mormon, 1830
edition
1837: Book of Mormon, 1837
edition
1840: Book of Mormon, 1840
edition
1841: Book of Mormon, 1841
edition
1992: Book of Mormon, 1992 edition,
Community of Christ
2013: Book of Mormon, 2013 edition,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints