Catalog of Documents

Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants and Revelation Literature of Joseph Smith

By David Golding

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

If we treat the Doctrine and Covenants as a broader literary phenomenon within American religious history, corresponding literature expands well beyond present editions of the Doctrine and Covenants. This work of scripture has served the two largest churches within the larger Mormon movement, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ, in many editions since first published in the 1830s. Various other groups than these two churches adopted the Doctrine and Covenants without editions fully differentiated from those produced by Latter-day Saint and Reorganized/Community of Christ editors. In studying the Doctrine and Covenants as literature, we will have to consider what belongs to this category.

From the start, the individual works compiled into a published edition of the Doctrine and Covenants have included standalone revelatory texts, alternatively called “commandments,” “revelations,” and “covenants” by Joseph Smith and his associates. Additionally, various administrative and institutional documents also joined the revelations as sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. Because revelations constitute a distinct form of Joseph Smith’s writings and the primary genre of Doctrine and Covenants material, Smith’s unpublished revelations deserve consideration as literary auxiliaries of the Doctrine and Covenants.

A Catalog of Revelatory Works

The original Doctrine and Covenants was conceived as a published compilation of Joseph Smith’s revelations, meaning the textual representations of dictated revelatory prose Smith received and presented as direct inspiration from God—a “book of commandments.” Although non-revelation texts joined the compilation over time, the principal literary mode of the Doctrine and Covenants remained this revelation posture. Like European composers whose ecclectic works of music have been catalogued by musicologists, Joseph Smith’s revelation works merit cataloguing within a system that facilitates access to this particular literature. Such a catalog would have to include any works presented in editions of the Doctrine and Covenants, the chief vehicle for publishing Smith’s revelations.

The following presents an attempt at such a catalog of Joseph Smith’s revelations as well as a content inventory of all sections ever published in the Doctrine and Covenants. On the whole, the catalog will enhance the study of the Doctrine and Covenants as a scriptural and literary phenomenon and of Joseph Smith’s prophetic writing style of revelations.

The catalog includes documents that:

have been published as a section, body text, or supplement to any of the major editions of the Doctrine and Covenants
have been prepared by an editorial authority for publication in the Doctrine and Covenants
have been an authoritative manuscript with special relevance to the Doctrine and Covenants or any of the foregoing texts
have been composed and presented by Joseph Smith within his literary mode of written revelation

Special Notations

The first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants (1835) divided individual revelations and other entries into “sections” and numbered paragraphs, which resembled other legal documents of the time. All subsequent editions maintained sections, not chapters. Documents that appear in latest Latter-day Saint and Community of Christ editions are noted with the section symbol (§) followed by the corresponding section number. Where Latter-day Saint and Community of Christ section numbers agree, only the shared number is listed without additional notation (e.g., § 5 refers to the document that appears as section 5 in both Latter-day Saint and Community of Christ editions). When both churches’ editions employ a section number that differs from each other, the Latter-day Saint number is listed first, followed by a slash and the Community of Christ number (e.g., § 3/2 refers to the document that appears as section 3 in the Latter-day Saint edition and section 2 in the Community of Christ edition). When only the Latter-day Saint or Community of Christ edition published the document as a section, the section number is followed by the subscript label _LDS to indicate the Latter-day Saint edition and the subscript label _CC to indicate the Community of Christ edition (e.g., section 111 in the Latter-day Saint edition is a different text than section 111 in the Community of Christ edition; § 111_LDS refers to the Latter-day Saint section 111, whereas § 111_CC refers to the Community of Christ section 111).

Items that have been removed from the Doctrine and Covenants and no longer bear a section number are included with footnotes explaining their previous publication history.

No.	Section	Title	Heading
1	§ 3/2	Revelation, July 1828	The Works of God Cannot Be Frustrated
2	§ 4/3	Revelation, February 1829	The Field Is White Already to Harvest
3	§ 5	Revelation, March 1829	Three Witnesses for the Book of Mormon
4	§ 6	Revelation, April 1829	What Greater Witness than from God?
5	§ 10/3	Revelation, Spring 1829	Contrary to That Which You Translated
6	§ 7^†	Translation, April 1829	The Parchment of John
7	§ 8	Revelation, April 1829	The Spirit of Revelation
8	§ 9	Revelation, April 1829	Not Expedient That You Should Translate
9	§ 11/10	Revelation, May 1829	Unto the Convincing of Men
10	§ 12/11	Revelation, May 1829	The Cause of Zion
11	§ 14/12	Revelation, June 1829	You May Stand as a Witness
12	§ 18/16	Revelation, June 1829	The Worth of Souls
13	§ 15/13	Revelation, June 1829	The Thing of Most Worth unto You
14	§ 16/14	Revelation, June 1829	The Thing of Most Worth unto You
15		Revelation, June 1829	Articles of the Church of Christ
16	§ 17/15	Revelation, June 1829	By Faith You Shall Obtain a View
17	§ 19/18	Revelation, ca. Summer 1829	Nevertheless, Glory Be to the Father
18		Revelation, ca. late January–31 March 1830	Securing the Copyright of the Book of Mormon
19	§ 21/19	Revelation, 6 April 1830	As If from Mine Own Mouth
20	§ 20/17	Bylaws, 10 April 1830	Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ
21	§ 23/21	Revelations, April 1830	I Speak a Few Words unto You
22	§ 22/20	Revelation, 16 April 1830	The New and Everlasting Covenant of Baptism
23	Moses 1_LDS/§ 22_CC	Revelation, June 1830	Visions of Moses
24	§ 24/23	Revelation, July 1830	Require Not Miracles
25	§ 26/25	Revelation, July 1830	By Common Consent
26	§ 25/24	Revelation, July 1830	An Elect Lady
27	§ 27/26	Vision, ca. August 1830	It Mattereth Not What Ye Shall Drink
28	§ 29/28	Revelation, September 1830	The Gathering of Mine Elect
29	§ 28/27	Revelation, September 1830	Even as Moses
30	§ 30/29	Revelations, September 1830	First Preachers to the Lamanites
31	§ 31/30	Revelation, September 1830	The Hour of Your Mission Is Come
32	§ 32/31	Revelation, October 1830	Mission to the Lamanites
33	§ 33/32	Revelation, October 1830	Open Your Mouths and They Shall Be Filled
34	§ 34/33	Revelation, 4 November 1830	Lift Up Your Voice and Spare Not
35	§ 35/34	Revelation, 7 December 1830	To Prepare the Way before Me
36	§ 36/35	Revelation, 9 December 1830	Every Man May Be Ordained and Sent Forth
37	Moses 7_LDS/§ 36_CC	Translation, ca. 12 December 1830	Extracts from the Prophecy of Enoch
38	§ 74^††	Explanation, 1830	But Little Children Are Holy
39	§ 37	Revelation, 30 December 1830	Assemble Together at the Ohio
40	§ 38	Revelation, 2 January 1831	The Hearts of Men in Your Own Land
41	§ 39	Revelation, 5 January 1831	The Covenant to Recover My People
42	§ 40	Revelation, 6 January 1831	James Covel’s Fears of Persecution
43	§ 41	Revelation, 4 February 1831	The First Bishop
44	§ 42a ^(:1–73)	Laws, 9 February 1831	The Law of the Lord
45	§ 43	Revelation, February 1831	None Other Appointed to Receive Revelations
46	§ 44	Revelation, February 1831	Elders to Assemble in Conference
47	§ 42b ^(:74–93)	Laws, 23 February 1831	The Law of the Lord
48	§ 45	Prophecy, ca. 7 March 1831	The Lord’s Commentary on the Olivet Discourse
49	§ 46	Revelation, ca. 8 March 1831	Gifts of the Spirit
50	§ 47	Revelation, ca. 8 March 1831	A Regular History
51	§ 48	Revelation, 10 March 1831	To Lay the Holy City’s Foundation
52	§ 49	Revelation, 7 May 1831	To the Shakers
53	§ 50	Revelation, 9 May 1831	Let Us Reason Together
54		Revelation, 15 May 1831	Provide for Families
55	§ 51	Revelation, 20 May 1831	The Bishop’s Storehouse
56	§ 52	Revelation, 6 June 1831	Let Them Go Two by Two
57	§ 53	Revelation, 8 June 1831	Sidney Gilbert to Assist the Bishop
58	§ 54	Revelation, 10 June 1831	If the Covenant Is Broken
59	§ 55	Revelation, 14 June 1831	That Little Children May Receive Instruction
60	§ 56	Revelation, 15 June 1831	I, the Lord, Command and Revoke
61	§ 57	Revelation, 20 July 1831	Independence Is the City of Zion
62	§ 58	Revelation, 1 August 1831	After Much Tribulation
63	§ 59	Revelation, 7 August 1831	The Lord’s Day
64	§ 60	Revelation, 8 August 1831	Declare My Word with Loud Voices
65	§ 61	Revelation, 12 August 1831	How to Journey to Zion
66	§ 62	Revelation, 13 August 1831	The Testimony Which Ye Have Borne
67	§ 63	Revelation, 30 August 1831	Obtain the Land by Purchase, Not Blood
68		Revelation, 31 August 1831	Men Called to Missouri
69	§ 64	Revelation, 11 September 1831	Forgive All Men
70	§ 66	Revelation, 29 October 1831	Proclaim My Gospel from Land to Land
71	§ 65	Prayer, 30 October 1831	The Keys of the Kingdom
72	§ 68	Revelation, 1 November 1831	When Moved upon by the Holy Ghost
73	§ 1	Revelation, 1 November 1831	The Lord’s Preface
74		Testimony, ca. 2 November 1831	Testimony of the Witnesses of the Book of Commandments
75	§ 67	Revelation, ca. 2 November 1831	Test of Inimitability
76	§ 133/108	Revelation, 3 November 1831	The Lord’s Appendix
77	§ 69	Revelation, 11 November 1831	Duties of the Historian
78	§ 107a/104a^*	Revelation, 11 November 1831	The Holy Priesthood
79	§ 70	Revelation, 12 November 1831	Stewardship to Manage the Revelations
80	§ 71	Revelation, 1 December 1831	No Weapon Formed against You Shall Prosper
81	§ 72	Revelations, 4 December 1831	Duties of the Bishop
82	§ 73	Revelation, 10 January 1832	To Translate the Bible Again
83	§ 75	Revelations, 25 January 1832	The Amherst Conference
84	§ 76	Vision, 16 February 1832	The Vision
85		Revelation, 27 February 1832	Lincoln Haskins’s Calling
86	§ 78/77	Revelation, 1 March 1832	The United Firm
87	§ 80/79	Revelation, 7 March 1832	Stephen Burnett’s and Eden Smith’s Callings
88	§ 79/78	Revelation, 12 March 1832	Jared Carter’s Calling
89	§ 81/80	Revelation, 15 March 1832	The Presidency of the High Priesthood
90	§ 77_LDS	Answers, ca. 4–20 March 1832	The Revelation of St. John
91		Revelation, ca. 8–24 March 1832	Duty of Bishops
92		Revelation, 20 March 1832	Paper to Print the Book of Commandments
93	§ 82/81	Revelation, 26 April 1832	I, the Lord, Am Bound When Ye Do What I Say
94	§ 83/82	Revelation, 30 April 1832	Concerning Women and Children
95	§ 99/96	Revelation, 29 August 1832	John Murdock’s Calling
96	§ 84/83	Revelation, 22–23 September 1832	Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood
97	§ 85_LDS	Letter, 27 November 1832	The Book of the Law of the Lord
98	§ 86/84	Revelation, 6 December 1832	The Parable of Wheat and Tares
99	§ 87_LDS	Prophecy, 25 December 1832	On Wars and the Day of the Lord
100	§ 88a/85a	Revelation, 27–28 December 1832	The Olive Leaf
101	§ 88b/85b	Revelation, 3 January 1833	The School of the Prophets
102		Revelation, 5 January 1833	Consecrated for Revelations
103	§ 89/86	Revelation, 27 February 1833	The Word of Wisdom
104	§ 90/87	Revelation, 8 March 1833	Your Mission to Preside in Council
105	§ 91/88	Revelation, 9 March 1833	The Apocrypha
106	§ 92/89	Revelation, 15 March 1833	Frederick G. Williams to Join the United Firm
107	§ 93/90	Revelation, 6 May 1833	Intelligence, Spirit, and Truth
108	§ 95/92	Revelation, 1 June 1833	A Rebuke to Build the House of the Lord
109	§ 96/93	Revelation, 4 June 1833	This Stake Should Be Made Strong
110	§ 97/94	Revelation, 2 August 1833	For Zion, the Pure in Heart
111	§ 94/91	Revelation, 2 August 1833	A House for the Work of the Ministry
112	§ 98/95	Revelation, 6 August 1833	An Ensign of Peace
113	§ 100/97	Revelation, 12 October 1833	You Shall Not Be Confounded before Men
114	§ 101/98	Revelation, 16–17 December 1833	The Redemption of Zion
115	§ 102/99	Minutes, 17 February 1834	The First High Council
116	§ 103/100	Revelation, 24 February 1834	Redemption of Zion by Power
117	§ 104/101	Revelation, 23 April 1834	For the Benefit of the Poor
118		Revelation, 28 April 1834	Dividing the United Firm
119	§ 105/102	Revelation, 22 June 1834	Camp of Israel Disbanded
120	§ 106/103	Revelation, 25 November 1834	The Children of Light
121		Revelation, 5 December 1834	A Reformation in All Your Ensamples
122		Lecture, ca. Winter 1834–January 1835	On Faith Itself
123		Lecture, ca. Winter 1834–January 1835	On the Object of Faith
124		Lecture, ca. Winter 1834–January 1835	On the Character of God
125		Lecture, ca. Winter 1834–January 1835	On the Perfect Attributes of God
126		Lecture, ca. Winter 1834–January 1835	On the Godhead
127		Lecture, ca. Winter 1834–January 1835	On Assurance of Salvation
128		Lecture, ca. Winter 1834–January 1835	On Works by Faith
129	§ 107b/104b^**	Instructions, ca. 1–4 May 1835	Orders of the Priesthood
130	§ 111_CC	Manifesto, ca. 1–17 August 1835	Articles on Marriage
131	§ 134/112	Manifesto, ca. 1–17 August 1835	Articles on Government
132		Minutes, 17 August 1835^†††	General Assembly of the Church
133		Prophecy, 18 October 1835	To Mitigate Distress in Zion
134		Revelation, 27 October 1835	Mary Bailey Smith Will Deliver a Living Child
135		Revelation, 1 November 1835	Reynolds Cahoon’s Dishonesty
136		Revelation, 2 November 1835	Frederick G. Williams to Warn His Relatives
137		Revelation, 3 November 1835	The Twelve under Condemnation
138		Revelation, 7 November 1835	Integrity While Laboring in the Vineyard
139		Revelation, 8 November 1835	Condemnation for Iniquities
140		Revelation, 14 November 1835	Endowed with Knowledge of Hidden Languages
141		Revelation, 16 November 1835	A Virtuous and Upright Life
142		Revelation, 16 November 1835	Men Seeking to Destroy Erastus Holmes
143	§ 108_LDS	Revelation, 26 December 1835	Resist No More My Voice
144	§ 137_LDS	Vision, 21 January 1836	Alvin Smith and Others in Celestial Glory
145	§ 109	Prayer, 27 March 1836	Dedicatory Prayer of the House of the Lord
146	§ 110	Vision, 3 April 1836	The Prophecy of Malachi Fulfilled
147	§ 111_LDS	Revelation, 6 August 1836	Treasures in Massachusetts
148		Revelation, ca. 1 June 1837	Heber C. Kimball’s Mission to England
149	§ 112/105	Revelation, 23 July 1837	Commission of the Twelve Apostles
150		Revelation, 4 September 1837	Transgressions
151		Revelation, 7 January 1838	The Wolf Cometh to Destroy
152		Revelation, 12 January 1838	On Trying the First Presidency
153		Revelation, 12 January 1838	On the Definition of the Stake
154		Revelation, 12 January 1838	Let the First Presidency Flee Kirtland
155	§ 113_LDS	Revelation, March 1838	Answers to Questions about Isaiah
156	§ 114_LDS	Revelation, 11 April 1838	That He May Perform a Mission
157		Revelation, 17 April 1838	Let Brigham Young First Provide for His Family
158	§ 115_LDS	Revelation, 26 April 1838	The Name of the Church in the Last Days
159	§ 116_LDS	Revelation, 19 May 1838	Adam-ondi-Ahman
160	§ 118_LDS	Revelation, 8 July 1838	Vacancies in the Twelve
161		Revelation, 8 July 1838	Their Former Standing Taken Away
162	§ 119/106	Revelation, 8 July 1838	The Beginning of the Tithing of My People
163	§ 120_LDS	Revelation, 8 July 1838	Council of the Disposition of Tithes
164	§ 117_LDS	Revelation, 8 July 1838	The More Weighty Matters
165	§ 121a_LDS ^(:1–33)	Letter, 20 March 1839	O God, Where Art Thou?
166	§ 121b_LDS ^(:34–40) §122_LDS §123_LDS	Letter, ca. 22 March 1839	Art Thou Greater Than He?
167	§ 2_LDS	Vision, 11 June–3 November 1839	Prophecy of Malachi
168	§ 13_LDS	Vision, 11 June–3 November 1839	John the Baptist and the Priesthood of Aaron
169	§ 124_LDS^††††	Revelation, 19 January 1841	Temporalities and the Fullness of Times
170	§ 125_LDS	Revelation, ca. 1–6 March 1841	For the Saints in Iowa
171		Revelation, 20 March 1841	The Nauvoo House
172	§ 126_LDS	Revelation, 9 July 1841	Take Especial Care of Your Family
173		Revelation, 2 December 1841	To Spare Nancy Marinda Hyde’s Life
174		Revelation, 22 December 1841	Amos Fuller’s Calling
175		Revelation, 22 December 1841	Beautify the Place of My Sanctuary
176		Revelation, 28 January 1842	The Twelve to Edit the Times and Seasons
177		Revelation, 19 May 1842	Hiram Kimball Has Been Insinuating Evil
178		Revelation, 27 July 1842^‡	Plural Marriage of Sarah Ann Whitney
179	§ 127_LDS^‡‡	Letter, 1 September 1842	On Baptism for the Dead
180	§ 128_LDS^‡‡‡	Letter, 7 September 1842	The Welding Link
181	§ 129_LDS	Sermon, 9 February 1842	How to Detect an Angel
182	§ 130_LDS	Sermon, 2 April 1843	The Advantage in the World to Come
183	§ 131_LDS	Instructions, 16–17 May 1843	The More Sure Word of Prophecy
184	§ 132_LDS	Revelation, 12 July 1843	The New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage
185		Revelation, 25 November 1843	John E. Page to Preach in Washington, D.C.
186		Revelation, 14 March 1844	The Kingdom of God and His Laws
187	§ 135_LDS^‡‡‡‡	Eulogy, June–July 1844	The Martyred Prophet and Patriarch
188	§ 136_LDS	Revelation, 14 January 1847	The Camp of Israel and Exodus West
189	§ 114_CC	Revelation, 7 October 1861	Temporal Means for the Purposes of the Church
190	§ 115_CC	Revelation, March 1863	William Marks’s Calling
191	§ 116_CC	Revelation, 4 May 1865	Men of Every Race May Be Ordained
192	§ 117_CC	Revelation, 10 April 1873	Filling the Chief Quorums of the Church
193	§ 118_CC	Revelation, 28 September 1882	I Will Hasten My Work in Its Time
194	§ 121_CC	Revelations, 11 April 1885	That My People May Be Strengthened and Encouraged
195	§ 119_CC	Revelation, 11 April 1887	That the Quorum May Be More Perfectly Prepared to Act
196	§ 120_CC	Revelation, 8 April 1890	Branch and District Officers
197	§ OD–1_LDS	Manifesto, 24–25 September 1890	The Manifesto
198	§ 124_CC	Revelation, April 1894	In Council Together
199	§ 122_CC	Revelation, 15 April 1894	Authority and Duties of the Several Quorums
200		Minutes, 20 April 1894^°	Resolutions of the Joint Council
201	§ 125_CC	Revelations, 15 April 1901	On Vacancies and Organization
202	§ 126_CC	Vision, 16 April 1902	Assembly of Officers
203	§ 127_CC	Revelation, 14 April 1906	On Temporal Ministry
204	§ 128_CC	Instructions, 18 April 1909	Proper Recognition and Observance of Civil Laws
205	§ 129_CC	Revelation, 18 April 1909	Appointments to Various Offices
206	§ 130_CC	Revelation, 14 April 1913	There Should Be Harmony
207	§ 131_CC	Revelation, 14 April 1914	Spirit of Distrust in the Priesthood
208	§ 132_CC	Revelation, 5 April 1916	Great Necessity for Confidence
209	§ 138_LDS	Vision, 3–5 October 1918	The Redemption of the Dead
210	§ 133_CC	Revelation, 7 April 1920	Appointments to the Twelve
211	§ 134_CC	Revelation, 2 October 1922	The Onerous Burden of the Missionary Work
212	§ 135_CC	Revelation, 18 April 1925	Greater Unity Than Ever Before
213	§ 136_CC	Revelation, 14 April 1932	Toward Better Understanding of Ministry
214	§ 137_CC	Revelation, 7 April 1938	Freeing Zion from Her Bondage
215	§ 138_CC	Instructions, 10 April 1940	The Task of Establishing Zion
216	§ 139_CC	Revelation, 9 April 1946	Their Apostleship Is Extended in Presidency
217	§ 140_CC	Revelation, 7 April 1947	All Movements toward Zion Are within My Law
218	§ 141_CC	Revelation, 2 October 1948	The Hastening Time Is upon Us
219	§ 142_CC	Revelation, 2 April 1950	Commendations for Moderation and Spiritual Growth
220	§ 144_CC	Letter, 28 May 1952	W. Wallace Smith Named Successor
221	§ 143_CC	Revelation, 7 April 1954	The Growing Desire for Missionary Work
222	§ 145_CC	Revelation, 8 October 1958	To Fill the Other Vacancy
223	§ 146_CC	Revelation, 2 April 1960	Let Contention over Minutae Cease
224	§ 147_CC	Revelation, 11 March 1964	Stewardship Is the Response of My People
225	§ 148_CC	Revelation, 18 April 1966	Zionic Procedures Must Be Applied More Fully
226	§ 149_CC	Revelation, 1 April 1968	A Start toward Building My Temple in the Center Place
227	§ 149a_CC	Revelation, 5 April 1968	Further Guidance in Building the Temple
228	§ 150_CC	Revelation, 14 April 1972	For the Teaching of My Priesthood
229	§ 151_CC	Revelation, 1 April 1974	You Are Called Apart
230	§ 152_CC	Revelation, 29 March 1976	Wallace B. Smith Named Successor
231	§ 153_CC	Revelation, 6 April 1978	Honorably Released from His Heavy Burden
232	§ OD–2_LDS	Announcement, 8 June 1978	Racial Restrictions Lifted
233	§ 154_CC	Revelation, 8 April 1980	All Who Labor in the Field
234	§ 155_CC	Revelation, 29 March 1982	Greater Unity of Purpose and Resoluteness
235	§ 156_CC	Revelation, 3 April 1984	The Ordaining of Women to the Priesthood
236	§ 157_CC	Revelation, 12 April 1988	That All May Be Offered Joyfully to a World in Need
237	§ 158_CC	Revelation, 5 April 1992	Your Concerns Have Been My Concerns
238	§ 159_CC	Revelation, 10 April 1994	Rejoice in the Fulfillment of the Promises
239	§ 160_CC	Revelation, 14 April 1996	Shall Lay Down the Responsibilities of President
240	§ 161_CC	Counsel, 4 April 2000	Words of Counsel to the Church
241	§ 162_CC	Counsel, 29 March 2004	You Who Would Become a Prophetic People
242	§ 163_CC	Counsel, 29 March 2007	Community of Christ, Your Name
243	§ 164_CC	Counsel, 17 January 2010	The Redemptive Action of God in Christ
244	§ 165_CC	Counsel, 5 April 2016	Do Not Just Speak and Sing of Zion

^* (:59–69, 71–72, 74–75, 78–87, 89, 91–92, 99–100)

^** (:1–58, 70, 73, 76–77, 88, 90, 93–98)

^† Contrary to the Joseph Smith Papers order, § 7 is placed before § 8–9 because: (1) considers the mention of Moses being translated in Alma 45 to occasion the inquiry into the status of John; (2) timeline of the translation of Alma 45 corresponds well enough with the approximate date of § 7; (3) the setting of § 7 has Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery debating the doctrine of translation, which makes it logical that Cowdery would observe the translation of John's parchment as a departure from Book of Mormon translation, a possible reason for the qualifiers opening § 8 about what Cowdery could expect of the gift to translate; (4) favors Smith's memory of the sequence of events between § 7–9 over John Whitmer's later order; (5) only place in extant fragments of the original Book of Mormon manuscript in Smith's handwriting is Alma 45:22, which could correspond to the approximate timing of § 8–9 and close to the Alma 45 passage about Moses's translation; if this marks the moment of Cowdery's attempted translation, this would mean § 7–9 were received within a short interval; (6) the shorter interval of production accounts for difficulty on the part of Smith and Cowdery to date these revelations but not in ordering them; (7) intertextually, the texts of § 7–9 make more sense in this sequence that with § 7 wedged between § 8–9 as John Whitmer orders them.

^†† The earliest heading for this document associates it with Wayne County, New York, and a date of 1830, but this was unlikely to have been prompted by Joseph Smith's Bible revision of the New Testament, since Smith still worked from the Old Testament through all of 1830. The prompt likely included Sidney Rigdon and James Covel meeting Smith. Whereas Covel did not prompt a revelation until early 1831, Rigdon objected to infant baptism, the content of 1 Corinthians 7:14, and Rigdon's interviews with Smith in December 1830 could have spurred the question. § 35, received in December 1830, directed Rigdon to assist Smith on the Bible revision, lending circumstantial evidence to a setting of inquiring into a New Testament passage. Had this been the case, a date for § 74 of 30–31 December 1830 would be less likely than closer to Rigdon's arrival.

^††† Published in RLDS editions as § 108A until dropped in 1990.

^†††† Published in RLDS editions as § 107 until dropped in 1990.

^‡ Provenance questionable.

^‡‡ Published in RLDS editions as § 109 until dropped in 1990.

^‡‡‡ Published in RLDS editions as § 110 until dropped in 1990.

^‡‡‡‡ Published in RLDS editions as 113 until dropped in 1990.

^° Published in RLDS editions as § 123 until dropped in 1970.