Today's Favorite Verse: Doctrine & Covenants 17:1

Today's Favorite Verse: Doctrine & Covenants 17:1
"Behold, I say unto you, that you must rely upon my word, which if you do with full purpose of heart, you shall have a view of the plates, and also of the breastplate, the sword of Laban, the Urim and Thummim, which were given to the brother of Jared upon the mount, when he talked with the Lord face to face, and the miraculous directors which were given to Lehi while in the wilderness, on the borders of the Red Sea."

This reminded me of a video on the lost 116 pages of the Book of Mormon. It told a story of where the Nephites received the Urim and Thummim given to the brother of Jared. King Mosiah obviously had them, but how did he get them?

Fayette Lapham, a Palmyra resident, reported hearing a narrative from Joseph Smith Sr. on how the Nephites got the Jaredite interpreters. They spoke in 1829 but Lapham didn't record it until 1870. Some of the interview is questionable but then parts made sense and fill in what was missing in the 116 pages. After coming to the new world the Nephites were on an exodus, and had a portable tabernacle with them. It is supposed this maybe when the first king Mosiah was warned to flee out of the land of Nephi and led to the land of Zarahemla. They were lead by the Liahona to an object but didn't know what it was or now to use it. He went into the tabernacle to inquire of the Lord.

"They also found something of which they did not know the use, but when they went into the tabernacle a voice said, "What have you got in your hand, there?" They replied that they did not know, but had come to inquire; when the voice said "Put it on our face, and put your face in a skin, and you will see what it is." They did so, and could see everything of the past, present, and future; and it was the same spectacles that Joseph found with the gold places. The gold ball stopped here and ceased to direct them any further;"
(Book of Mormon Evidence, "Joseph Smith Sr. Spoke about the Translation with Fayette Lapham", by Rian Nelson, 31 Mar 2022)

Covering the face with an animal skin to see through the interpreters makes a whole lot of sense now why Joseph but his face into an hat made of beaver skin to translate the Book of Mormon. How they found the interpreters and then the Liahona stopped working answers questions we have wondered on.

Start at 16:30

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