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|L1=Question: Why was the phrase "white and delightsome" changed to "pure and delightsome" in the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon?
|L2=Royal Skousen, "Changes in the Book of Mormon"
|L3=Royal Skousen, "Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon"
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{{:Question: Why was the phrase "white and delightsome" changed to "pure and delightsome" in the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon?}}

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|link=http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/fair-conferences/2002-fair-conference/2002-changes-in-the-book-of-mormon
|title=Changes in the Book of Mormon
|author=Royal Skousen
|authorlink=http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/authors/skousen-royal
|publication=Proceedings of the 2002 FAIR Conference
|date=2002
|summary=There are two main goals for a critical text to the Book of Mormon. The first is to determine to the extent possible the original English language text of the book, that is, the text that Joseph Smith received by means of the interpreters and the seer stone. The second purpose is to establish the history of the text, including both accidental errors and editorial changes that the book has undergone as it has been transmitted down through time in its many editions.
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|link=http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/fair-conferences/2010-fair-conference/2010-restoring-the-original-text-of-the-book-of-mormon
|title=Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon
|author=Royal Skousen
|authorlink=http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/authors/skousen-royal
|publication=Proceedings of the 2002 FAIR Conference
|date=2010
|summary=Most of the work in recovering the original text involves two manuscripts. The most important one is the original manuscript, the one that Joseph Smith dictated to his scribes. Of this manuscript, 28 percent is extant. The other manuscript is called the printer’s manuscript and is a copy of the original manuscript. This second manuscript is the one that was prepared to take to the printer in 1829-30 to set the type. In the project we have included 20 printed editions of the Book of Mormon, 15 LDS editions, one private edition from 1858, and four RLDS editions.
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