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==Question: Did Joseph Smith use the Nephite interpreters to translate? Or did he use his own seer stone?== | ==Question: Did Joseph Smith use the Nephite interpreters to translate? Or did he use his own seer stone?== | ||
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Emma Smith Bidamon described Joseph's use of several stones during translation to Emma Pilgrim on 27 March 1870 (original spelling retained): | Emma Smith Bidamon described Joseph's use of several stones during translation to Emma Pilgrim on 27 March 1870 (original spelling retained): | ||
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− | Now the first that my <husband> translated, [the book] was translated by use of the Urim, and Thummim, and that was the part that Martin Harris lost, after that he used a small stone, not exactly, black, but was rather a dark color.”<ref>"Emma Smith Bidamon to Emma Pilgrim, 27 March 1870," ''Early Mormon Documents'', 1:532.</ref> | + | Now the first that my <husband> translated, [the book] was translated by use of the Urim, and Thummim, and that was the part that Martin Harris lost, after that he used a small stone, not exactly, black, but was rather a dark color.”<ref>"Emma Smith Bidamon to Emma Pilgrim, 27 March 1870," in Dan Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents,'' 5 vols. (Salt Lake City: Signature Press, 1996-2003) 1:532.</ref> |
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Joseph Smith used both the Nephite Interpreters and his own seer stone during the translation process, yet we only hear of the "Urim and Thummim" being used for this purpose.
Emma Smith Bidamon described Joseph's use of several stones during translation to Emma Pilgrim on 27 March 1870 (original spelling retained):
Now the first that my <husband> translated, [the book] was translated by use of the Urim, and Thummim, and that was the part that Martin Harris lost, after that he used a small stone, not exactly, black, but was rather a dark color.”[1]
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