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Source:B.H. Roberts:Defense of the Faith and the Saints 1:257:1907:The seer stone...possessed the qualities of Urim and Thummim
B.H. Roberts (1907): "The seer stone...possessed the qualities of Urim and Thummim, since by means of it...as well as by means of the “Interpreters”...Joseph was able to translate"
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B.H. Roberts (1907): "The seer stone...possessed the qualities of Urim and Thummim, since by means of it...as well as by means of the “Interpreters”...Joseph was able to translate"
B.H. Roberts:
The seer stone referred to here was a chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well in company with his brother Hyrum. It possessed the qualities of Urim and Thummim, since by means of it-as described above-as well as by means of the “Interpreters” found with the Nephite record, Joseph was able to translate the characters engraven on the plates.[1]
Notes
- ↑ B. H. Roberts, Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1907), 1:257.