Changes to Mormon Books


  1. Pearl of Great Price: page 14 alone of the 1st edition requires that 355 words be added, 63 words changed, and 4 words deleted to bring it into conformity with current the edition.
  2. Doctrines and Covenants: some revelations have hundreds of words added to them.
  3. Joseph Smith's History: 62,000 words added/deleted including the following deletion, Joseph Smith, "drank a glass of beer at Moessers".
  4. Book of Mormon: 3913 changes, effecting 10,000 words!

A sampling of the 3913 changes made to the "inspired" book of Mormon:

Text

Original 1830 Edition, Book of Mormon

Editions 1837, 1888, 1920, 1964, 1978

Title page

Joseph Smith, Jr. The author and proprietor of this work
Joseph Smith, Jr. the translator of this work

Title page

now if there be fault, it be the mistake of men...
now if there are faults, they are the mistakes of men...

1 Ne 13:40

the lamb of God is the Eternal Father
the lamb of God is the son of the Eternal Father

1Nephi 11:21

the Eternal Father
son of the Eternal Father

1 Nephi 11:32

the Everlasting God
son of the Everlasting God

1 Nephi 20:1

words added
or out of the waters of Baptism

2 Nephi 12:9

the mean man boweth down
the mean man boweth not down

Alma 29:4

Yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable
words deleted

Alma 37:21,24

directors
Interpreters

Alma 30:6

it is the effects of a phrensied mind
it is the effect of a frenzied mind

Throughout B of M

now there was seven churches
now there were seven churches

Throughout B of M

there were no blood to shed
there was no blood to shed

Throughout B of M

there is two churches
there are two churches

Throughout B of M

and also much horses
and also many horses

Throughout B of M

these things had not ought to be
these things ought not to be

Throughout B of M

as I was a journeying
as I was journeying ("a" removed)

Throughout B of M

They did prepare for to meet them
They did prepare to meet them ("for" removed)

Throughout B of M

some have arrested the scriptures
some have wrested the scriptures

Throughout B of M

when they had arriven
when they had arrived

Throughout B of M

having no respects to persons
having no respect to persons ("s" removed)

Throughout B of M

they had fell into great errors
they had fallen into great errors

Throughout B of M

which was wrote upon the plates
which was written upon the plates

Throughout B of M

they were exceeding fraid
they were exceedingly afraid

Throughout B of M

they had began to possess the land
they had begun to possess the land

Throughout B of M

this they done that they might provide food
this they did that they might provide food

Alma 23:1

nor neither of their brethren
nor either of their brethren

Mosiah 21:28; Ether 4:1

king Benjamin
Mosiah (Benjamin was dead at this time)

1 Nephi 12:18

Jesus Christ
Messiah (Jesus had not yet been revealed to the Nephites)

1 Nephi 20:1

come forth out of the waters of Judah
or out of the waters of baptism (these words added after "Judah"

2 Nephi 16:2

seraphims
seraphim (verse copied from older copy of KJV which made a gramatical error)


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