June 1830
Colesville, New York
Joseph Smith received by revelation what is now the first chapter of the book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price.Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:98-101
"'A Plainer Translation' Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible; A History and Commentary," Richard P. Howard, BYU Studies 16:2
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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