Mormon History, Jun 24, 1833

LDS History Chronology / Timeline
-- Jun 24, 1833
Council of elders at Westfield, New York excommunicates Elder James Higby for circulating false reports. (1)

-- Jun 25, 1833
Sidney, in behalf of the presidency, writes W. W. Phelps and others in Zion: No need to bind the Book of Commandments; get Books of Mormon from Brother Burket for the Literary Firm; ordain Isaac Morley and John Corrill bishops. Parley P. Pratt and Titus Billings to be counselors to Bishop Partridge; Christian Whitmer and Newel Knight to Bishop Morley; Daniel Stanton and Hezekiah Peck to Bishop Corrill. John Johnson has moved to Kirtland. Sidney's mother (age 75), recently baptized, now living with him. Draft of the city of Zion enclosed. House [temple] "to be built immediately for the Presidency, as well as for all purposes of religion and instruction." Wives must be interviewed separately and sign deeds to transfer property. Book of Commandments corrections (mostly technical, such as "respecter to" to "respecter of," "hands" to "heads," etc.). Letterbook-1, 44-50. (1)

[Joseph Smith] Joseph Smith describes the future temple of the City of Zion [Independence, Missouri] as a complex of twenty-four temples, three each designated for deacons, teachers, priests, the presidency of Lesser Priesthood, elders, high priests, bishops, and the presidency of the High Priesthood. (2)

[Joseph Smith] Sent plat for city of Zion with temple plan to Missouri Latter-day Saints, Kirtland. (3)

-- Jun 28, 1833
Joseph sells his 13 acres and 80 perches to brother-in-law, Joseph McKune Jr. Land had been "left or rented" since Joseph left it. Susquehanna County Deed Book 9:290 in Montrose, Pennsylvania cited by New York exodus, 6-7. (1)

-- During Jun 1833
Saints in Zion receive gift of tongues [per Wilford Woodruff]. (4)

-- During June 1833
[Lucy Mack Smith] Doctor Philastus Hurlbut is excommunicated for adultery and begins collecting affidavits about the Smith family in New York that are published with additions by Eber D. Howe in 1834 as Mormonism Unvailed. (5)

-- Jul 2, 1833
Joseph Smith concluded first draft of Bible translation. (6)

First draft of Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible completed. (7)

Old Testament revisions complete. (1)

Joseph Smith, Jun., finished the translation of the Bible. (8)

[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Although the major portion of the inspired translation of the Bible was completed by this date, Joseph Smith continued to make modifications while preparing a manuscript for the press until his death in 1844. (9)

[Joseph Smith] Joseph Smith finishes his "translation" of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. Making changes in an 1828 edition, Smith alters more than 3,400 verses and introduces new passages. (2)


Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
3 - Joseph Smith Papers: Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
4 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
5 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
6 - Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
7 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
9 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith


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