2009
Translating the Book of Mormon
October 2009

“Translating the Book of Mormon,” Friend, Oct. 2009, 47

Translating the Book of Mormon

Answers can be found in Joseph Smith—History.

  1. Where and how did Joseph Smith get the gold plates?

    1:51–52

  2. Who gave them to him?

    1:33, 59

  3. What did Joseph use to translate the plates?

    1:62

  4. Who was the main scribe who wrote down Joseph’s translation?

    1:67

  5. Who were the three witnesses who saw an angel showing them the gold plates?

    Introduction to the Book of Mormon

  6. What did Joseph and Oliver Cowdery read about while translating that motivated them to pray and resulted in their receiving the Aaronic Priesthood?

    1:68–69

By the Gift and Power of God by Simon Dewey