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Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Coltrin, Diary [D&C 42:11–69]

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Revelation, [
Kirtland Township

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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, Geauga Co., OH], [9 Feb. 1831]. Version copied [12 Jan. 1832] in Coltrin, Diary, [11]–[18]; 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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; CHL.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 9 February 1831 [D&C 42:1–72].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 9 February 1831 [D&C 42:1–72]

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to administer to the Poor & needy as shall be appointed by the
Elders

A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...

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of the Church & the
Bishop

An ecclesiastical and priesthood office. JS appointed Edward Partridge as the first bishop in February 1831. Following this appointment, Partridge functioned as the local leader of the church in Missouri. Later revelations described a bishop’s duties as receiving...

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& for the purpose of purchasing lands & the building up of the
new Jerusalem

The Book of Mormon indicated that, in preparation for Jesus Christ’s second coming, a city should be built on the American continent and called the New Jerusalem. The Book of Mormon further explained that the remnant of the seed of Joseph (understood to be...

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which is hereafter to be revealed that my Covenant People may be gethered in one in the day that I shall come to my
Temple

A sacred edifice “built unto the Lord.” In both the Bible and Book of Mormon, temples were built as places of worship. As early as 1830, church members expected to build a temple in the New Jerusalem, or city of Zion. Revelations in 1830 and 1831 indicated...

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& this I do for the Salvation of my People & it is shall come to pass that he that sinneth & repenteth not shall be cast out & shall not receive again that which he has consecrated unto me for it shall come to pass that which I spoke by the Mouth of my Prophets shall be fulfilled for I will consecrate the riches of the
gentiles

Those who were not members of the House of Israel. More specifically, members of the church identified gentiles as those whose lineage was not of the Jews or Lamanites (understood to be the American Indians in JS’s day). Certain prophecies indicated that ...

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unto my People which are of the
house of Israel

Members of the church and the posterity of Jacob, or Israel, in the Old Testament. The people in the Book of Mormon were described in the text as a “remnant of the house of Israel,” descended from the Israelites of the Bible. JS revelations stated that the...

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. & again thou shalt not be proud in thy heart let all thy garments be plain & their beauty the beauty of the work of thine own hands. & let all things be done in cleanliness before me—— [p. [14]]
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Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Coltrin, Diary [D&C 42:11–69]
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