Oliver Cowdery stated that the plates were "translated by the gift and power of God."

Date
Oct 1835
Type
Periodical
Source
Oliver Cowdery
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

Oliver Cowdery, “Letter VIII,” Messenger and Advocate 2, no. 1 (October 1835): 198

Scribe/Publisher
Messenger and Advocate
People
Oliver Cowdery
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

[T]hey cannot be interpreted by the learning of this generation; consequently, they would be considered of no worth, only as precious metal. Therefore, remember, that they are to be translated by the gift and power of God. By them will the Lord work a great and a marvelous work

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