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008 Translating the Book of Mormon with Stones in a Hat?

Church History Matters

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Joseph Smith's Translation of the Book of Mormon

Ehrman Thummim, Nephite interpreters, seer stones. Joseph Smith describes them as two stones in silver bows which were deposited with the plates that God had prepared for the purpose of translating the book. In the possession and use of these stones, these connected stones, Moroni said, constituted seers in ancient times.

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