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Annotation of Moses 1 – preliminary
Moses 1 is a good example because it shows that a high percentage of its language is also KJV language. Few of the KJV words/phrases are not also found in Edwards, including the so-called "blended" passages.
The blue Pearl of Great Price words/phrases in the annotation are nonbiblical and also not found in Edwards. In some cases noted below, the nonbiblical language is close to Edwards (e.g., plural instead of singular). There are several examples in the Book of Mormon of paraphrased or misquoted passages from the KJV that are identical to paraphrased or misquoted KJV passages in Edwards' works.
The red words/phrases are nonbiblical Pearl of Great Price wording that are also found in Edwards' works as available on the Yale database, which includes most but not all of the 1808 edition, as well as material not included in the 1808 edition.
Purple are nonbiblical Pearl of Great Price words/phrases similar to Edwards.
Naturally, Edwards is not the only person who ever used this nonbiblical Book of Mormon terminology. English is a common language or we couldn't understand one another. But the ready availability of Edwards' works in Palmyra during Joseph's youth indicates that Edwards was a possible source for Joseph's vocabulary that he used when translating the plates.
Passages using personal pronouns (God speaking directly) are typically not found in Edwards.
Bold = KJV
Blue = nonbiblical BofM/D&C/PGP w/o JE
Red = nonbiblical BofM/D&C/PGP and JE
Purple = nonbiblical BofM/D&C/PGP similar to JE
Chapter 1
(June 1830)
God reveals Himself to Moses—Moses is transfigured—He is confronted by Satan—Moses sees many inhabited worlds—Worlds without number were created by the Son—God’s work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
1 The words of God, which he spake unto Moses at a time when Moses was caught up[1] into an exceedingly[2] high mountain[3],
2 And he saw God face to face[4], and he talked with him, and the glory of God[5] was upon Moses; therefore Moses could endure his presence[6].
3 And God spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty[7], and Endless[8] is my name; for I am without beginning of days[9] or end of years[10]; and is not this endless?
4 And, behold, thou art my son; wherefore look, and I will show thee the workmanship[11] of mine hands; but not all, for my works[12] are without end[13], and also my words, for they never cease[14].
5 Wherefore, no man[15] can behold[16] all my works, except he behold all my glory; and no man can behold all my glory, and afterwards remain[17] in the flesh[18] on the earth.
6 And I have a work for thee, Moses, my son; and thou art in the similitude of[19] mine Only Begotten[20]; and mine Only Begotten is and shall be the Savior, for he is full of grace and truth[21]; but there is no God beside me[22], and all things are present[23] with me, for I know them all.
7 And now, behold, this one thing[24] I show unto thee, Moses, my son, for thou art in the world[25], and now I show it unto thee.
8 And it came to pass that Moses looked, and beheld the world upon which[26] he was created; and Moses beheld the world and the ends thereof[27], and all the children of men[28] which are, and which were created[29]; of the same[30] he greatly marveled[31] and wondered.
9 And the presence of God[32] withdrew from[33] Moses, that his glory was not upon Moses; and Moses was left unto himself[34]. And as he was left unto himself, he fell unto the earth[35].
10 And it came to pass that it was for the space of[36] many hours before Moses did again receive his natural strength[37] like unto man[38]; and he said unto himself: Now, for this cause[39] I know that man is nothing[40], which thing I never had supposed[41].
11 But now mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my natural[42], but my spiritual eyes[43], for my natural eyes[44] could not have beheld; for I should have withered and died[45] in his presence; but his glory was upon me; and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured[46] before him.
12 And it came to pass that when Moses had said these words, behold, Satan came tempting him[47], saying: Moses, son of man, worship me.
13 And it came to pass that Moses looked upon Satan[48] and said: Who art thou? For behold, I am a son of God[49], in the similitude of his Only Begotten; and where is thy glory, that I should worship thee?
14 For behold, I could not look upon God[50], except his glory should come upon me, and I were transfigured before him. But I can look upon thee in the natural man[51]. Is it not so[52], surely?
15 Blessed be the name of my God[53], for his Spirit hath not altogether withdrawn[54] from me, or else where is thy glory, for it is darkness[55] unto me? And I can judge between[56] thee and God; for God said unto me: Worship God, for him only shalt thou serve[57].
16 Get thee hence[58], Satan; deceive me not[59]; for God said unto me: Thou art after the similitude[60] of mine Only Begotten.
17 And he also gave me commandments when he called unto me out of the burning bush[61], saying: Call upon God[62] in the name of mine Only Begotten, and worship me.
18 And again Moses said: I[63] will not cease[64] to call upon God, I have other things to inquire[65] of him: for his glory has been upon me, wherefore I can judge between[66] him and thee. Depart hence[67], Satan.
19 And now, when Moses had said these words, Satan cried with a loud voice[68], and ranted[69] upon the earth, and commanded, saying: I am the Only Begotten, worship me.
20 And it came to pass that Moses began to fear exceedingly[70]; and as he began to fear[71], he saw the bitterness of[72] hell[73]. Nevertheless, calling upon God, he received strength[74], and he commanded, saying: Depart from me[75], Satan, for this one God[76] only will I worship, which is the God of glory[77].
21 And now Satan began to tremble[78], and the earth shook[79]; and Moses received strength, and called upon God, saying: In the name of the Only Begotten, depart hence, Satan.
22 And it came to pass that Satan cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and wailing, and[80] gnashing of teeth[81]; and he departed hence, even from the presence of Moses, that he beheld him not.
23 And now of this thing Moses bore record[82]; but because of wickedness[83] it is not had[84] among the children of men.
24 And it came to pass that when Satan had departed from the presence of Moses, that Moses lifted up his eyes[85] unto heaven, being filled with the Holy Ghost[86], which beareth record of the Father[87] and the Son;
25 And calling upon the name of God[88], he beheld his glory again, for it was upon him; and he heard a voice[89], saying: Blessed art thou, Moses, for I, the Almighty, have chosen thee, and thou shalt be made stronger[90] than many waters[91]; for they shall obey thy command as if thou wert God.
26 And lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of[92] thy days; for thou shalt deliver my people from bondage[93], even Israel my chosen[94].
27 And it came to pass, as the voice was still speaking[95], Moses cast his eyes[96] and beheld the earth[97], yea, even all of it; and there was not a particle of[98] it which he did not behold, discerning it[99] by the Spirit of God.
28 And he beheld also the inhabitants thereof, and there was not a soul[100] which he beheld not; and he discerned[101] them by the Spirit of God; and their numbers were great, even numberless[102] as the sand[103] upon the sea shore[104].
29 And he beheld many lands; and each land[105] was called earth, and there were inhabitants on the face thereof.
30 And it came to pass that Moses called upon God, saying: Tell me, I pray thee, why these things are[106] so, and by what thou madest them?
31 And behold, the glory of the Lord[107] was upon Moses, so that Moses stood[108] in the presence of God[109], and talked with him face to face. And the Lord God said unto Moses: For mine own purpose have I made these things. Here is wisdom and it remaineth in me.
32 And by the word of my power, have I created them, which is mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth.
33 And worlds[110] without number[111] have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.
34 And the first man[112] of all men have I called Adam, which is many.
35 But only an account of[113] this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, give I unto you. For behold, there are many worlds[114] that have passed away[115] by the word of my power. And there are many that now stand[116], and innumerable[117] are they unto man; but all things[118] are numbered[119] unto me, for they are mine and I know them.
36 And it came to pass that Moses spake unto the Lord, saying: Be merciful unto thy servant, O God, and tell me concerning this earth[120], and the inhabitants thereof, and also the heavens, and then thy servant will be content[121].
37 And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The heavens, they are many[122], and they cannot be numbered[123] unto man; but they are numbered[124] unto me, for they are mine.
38 And as one earth shall[125] pass away[126], and the heavens thereof even so shall[127] another come[128]; and there is no end[129] to my works, neither to my words.
39 For behold, this is my work[130] and my glory—to bring to pass[131] the immortality[132] and eternal life[133] of man.
40 And now, Moses, my son, I will speak unto thee concerning this earth[134] upon which thou standest; and thou shalt write the things which I shall speak.
41 And in a day when the children of men shall esteem[135] my words as naught[136] and take many of them from the book which thou shalt write, behold, I will raise up another[137] like unto thee; and they shall be had again[138] among the children of men—among as many as shall believe[139].
42 (These words were spoken unto Moses in the mount, the name of which shall not be known among the children of men. And now they are spoken unto you. Show them not unto any except them that believe. Even so. Amen.)
(Moses 1–1:42)
[1] NT (4) BM (2) DC (7) PGP (2) JE (50)
[2] BM (1) PGP (1) JE/Matt 4:8 “up into an exceeding high mountain” JE: “The ark was taken up from the earth, and after being long tossed to and fro in the waters, was not steered by the wisdom of Noah, was only under the care of providence, rested on the top of an exceeding high mountain , as it were in heaven, and was brought into a new world.“ “The ark was tossed about by waves until it rested on an exceeding high mountain , and there the ark had rest” 1808 “The place where they lived was compassed about with those exceeding high mountains called the Alps…”
[3] “high mountain” OT (10) NT (5) BM (40 PGP (1) JE (35)
[4] OT (7) NT (4) BM (5) DC (2) PGP (4) JE (100)
[5] OT (2) NT (15) BM (6) DC (6) PGP (1) JE (500)
[6] DC (1) PGP (1)
[7] NT (5) BM (4) DC (2) PGP (1) JE (10)
[8] NT (2) BM (24) DC (7) PGP (3) JE (120)
[9] BM (2) DC (2) PGP (2) JE (5) JE : « that minute circumstance concerning him, of his having no account of his birth or death, " without beginning of days or end of life." “ In Hebrews 7:3, Christ is spoken of as being without " beginning of days , or end of life.” paraphrasing « Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.” (Hebrews 7:3) Also, JE: “When we think upon that being which is without beginning of days or end of years, whose goings forth are from everlasting”
[10] OT (1) BM (2) DC (1) PGP (2) JE (1)
[11] OT (6) NT (1) BM (10) DC (2) PGP (5) JE (100)
[12] NT (3) DC (1) PGP (3) JE (20)
[13] OT (1) NT (1) BM (1) DC (2) PGP (1) JE (40)
[14] OT (1) BM (1) DC (1) PGP (2) JE (25)
[15] “man can behold” PTP (2) JE (1) JE: “ God will as immediately discover himself to their minds, so that the understanding shall as immediately behold the glory of God and his love as a man can behold the countenance of his friend that he looks in the face”
[16] « can behold » OT (1) BM (3) PGP (2) PGP (2) JE (8)
[17] PGP (1)
[18] OT (2) NT (29) BM (223) DC (17) PGP (5) JE (100)
[19] DC (1) PGP (2)
[20] NT (6) BM (9) DC (13) PGP (26) JE (150)
[21] NT (1) BM (1) DC (2) PGP (5) JE (10)
[22] OT (1) PGP (1)
[23] DC (1) PGP (1) JE (1) JE: “For he eternally has this disposition, and eternally sees and enjoys this future gratification of it as though it were present. And, indeed, all things are present to him; with him is no succession, no past and future.
[24] NT (2) DC (1) PGP (1) JE (24)
[25] OT (1) NT (25) BM (3) DC (23) PGP (6) JE (100+)
[26] DC (1) PGP (1) JE (3)
[27] BM (1) PGP (2)
[28] OT (22) BM (131) DC (39) PGP (15) JE (100)
[29] BM (1) PGP (1) “that were created” JE (1) JE: ‘Though the expression is so universal, yet it is not natural to understand it of anything more than that all things that were created besides himself, the Creator.”
[30] OT (33) NT (15) BM (1) DC (18) PGP (2) JE (100s)
[31] BM (1) PGP (1)
[32] OT (3) NT (2) BM (3) DC (10) PGP (5) JE (150)
[33] BM (2) DC (1) PGP (1) JE (8) JE : « he saw our spiritual pride and self-confidence, and the polluted flames that arose of intemperate, unhallowed zeal; and he soon in a great measure withdrew from us;”
[34] DC (1) PGP (2)
[35] OT (1) NT (1) BM (1) PGP (1) JE (2)
[36] OT (4) NT (12) BM (80) DC (4) PGP (5) JE (60)
[37] PGP (1) JE (6) JE: “The great things that Samson wrought for the deliverance of Israel and the overthrow of their enemies was not by any natural strength of his”
[38] PGP (1)
[39] OT (3) NT (23) BM (27) DC (19) PGP (2) JE (40)
[40] PGP (1) JE (3)
[41] BM (11) PGP 91) JE (5) JE : « Thus if any vain man had supposed that he was strong enough to conflict with and conquer the Most High”
[42] PGP (1)
[43] PGP (1)
[44] DC (1) PGP (2)
[45] PGP (1)
[46] NT (2) BM (1) DC (1) PGP (2) JE (25)
[47] NT (6) PGP (1) JE (3)
[48] PGP (1)
[49] BM (1) PGP (2) JE (2)
[50] OT (1) PGP (1) JE (7) JE: “we must look upon God”
[51] NT (1) BM (3) DC (1) PGP (1) JE (200+) JE » « now in the natural man”
[52] OT (1) PGP (1) JE (3)
[53] OT (2) NT (1) BM (3) PGP (1) JE (4)
[54] PGP (1)
[55] PGP (1)
[56] OT (10) NT (1) DC (1) PGP (2) JE (20)
[57] NT (2) PBP (1) JE (1)
[58] OT (2) NT (1) PGP (1) JE (2) Note : NT and JE use « get thee hence, Satan”
[59] PGP (1)
[60] OT (1) NT (3) DC (1) PGP (1) JE (20)
[61] PGP (1) JE (17) JE : « The things that are said of the burning bush do wonderfully agree with the Old Testament representations of the Messiah” “It was the Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, that all along appeared to the patriarchs, that manifested himself to Adam and Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that appeared to Moses in the burning bush”
[62] OT (2) PGP (5) JE (13)
[63] «I will not cease » PGP (1)
[64] OT (1) PGP (1) JE (5)
[65] PGP (1)
[66] OT (8) NT (1) DC (1) PGP (2) JE (25)
[67] NT (2) PGP (3) JE (2)
[68] OT (8) NT (14) BM (3) PGP (3) JE (15)
[69] PGP (1)
[70] BM (5) PGP (1)
[71] BM (5) PGP (2) JE (1)
[72] OT (7) PGP (2) JE (40)
[73] « bitterness of hell » PGP (1)
[74] NT (2) BM (1) PGP (2) JE (3)
[75] OT (9) NT (5) BM (2) DC (1) PGP (1) JE (40)
[76] PTP (1) JE (2)
[77] OT (1) NT (1) PGP (1) JE (1) JE: “ All shall stand about the God of glory , the fountain of love”
[78] BM (4) PGP (1)
[79] OT (3) BM (5) PGP (1) JE (10)
[80] BM (1) DC (2) PGP (1) JE (4) JE : « their dwelling place will be the lowest hell, where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth” “cast into outer darkness where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth” compare “weeping and gnashing of teeth” Matt. 8:12 with “wailing and gnashing of teeth” Matt 13:42, 50.
[81] NT (7) BM (1) DC (6) PGP (2) JE (30)
[82] DC (4) PGP (2)
[83] DC (1) PGP (1)
[84] PGP (1)
[85] OT (10) NT (4) PGP (1) JE (4)
[86] NT (8) BM (6) DC (1) PGP (2) JE (6)
[87] BM (3) DC (2) PGP (4)
[88] OT (3) NT (3) BM (3) DC (1) PGP (4) JE (60)
[89] OT (3) NT (7) BM (2) DC (1) PGP (4) JE (1)
[90] PGP (1) JE (1) JE : « The bodies of the damned will be in one sense made stronger, so as to last, and not be consumed or dissolved with torment.”
[91] OT (10) NT (4) BM (12) DC (2) PGP (1) JE (50)
[92] OT (8) NT (1) BM (5) DC (5) PGP (2) JE (10)
[93] PGP (1) JE (1) JE : « also what is said of God's delivering his people from bondage to their enemies”
[94] OT (1) PGP (2) JE (20)
[95] PGP (1) JE (15) JE : « And therefore we can't without the most absurd violence, suppose any other than that he is still speaking of the same justification.”
[96] BM (5) PGP (1) cf « his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph” (Genesis 39:7)
[97] OT (1) PGP (1) JE (4)
[98] BM (1) PGP (1) JE (10)
[99] PGP (1) JE (5) JE: “If uniformity and proportion be the things that affect, and appear agreeable to, this sense of beauty, then why should not uniformity and proportion affect the same sense in immaterial things as well as material, if there be equal capacity of discerning it in both?”
[100] BM (1) PGP (1) JE (1) JE: “it was he that did execute this office of a mediator, so that not a soul is lost, not a sin left unsatisfied for, not an enemy unsubdued”
[101] OT (3) NT (1) DC (1) PGP (1) JE (100)
[102] BM (4) PGP (1) JE (20) JE: “God has appointed not to bring into existence numberless possible worlds, each replenished with innumerable possible inhabitants.”
[103] “sand upon the seashore” PGP (1) JE (1) JE: “ had gathered together such a vast strength, peoples as the sand upon the seashore with innumerable horses and chariots”
[104] OT (3) PGP (1) “sea shore” “seashore” BM (4) DC (2) JE (4)
[105] PGP (1)
[106] PGP (1) JE (2)
[107] OT (14) NT (2) DC (5) PGP (2) JE (100)
[108] « stood in the presence of God” PGP (1) JE () JE: “ So the dignity of the angel Gabriel, as one of the highest of the angels, seems to be denoted by that, that he was he that stood "in the presence of God " (Luke 1:19)” paraphrasing “And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God”
(Luke 1:19)
[109] OT (3) NT (2) BM (3) DC (9) PGP (5) JE (100)
[110] « worlds without number »PGP (1)
[111] OT (11) PGP (1) JE (15)
[112] OT (1) NT (2) DC (2) PGP (3) JE (20)
[113] NT (2) BM (26) DC (5) PGP (3) JE (300+) JE : « What we have an account of in these verses is a remarkable specimen on earth of the glorified state of the church in heaven.”
[114] PGP (1) JE (1)
[115] BM (9) PGP (1) JE (4) JE : « This world don't pass away but by a dissolution occasioned by the fall. And therefore, mankind would not have ascended and left this world, for if they had so done, this world would have passed away without a fall.” Paraphrasing [2 Corinthians 5:17] “and in a very little time "old things have passed away, and all things have become new with them" old things are passed away” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
[116] PGP (1) JE (15)
[117] OT (4) NT (3) BM (2) DC (4) PGP (1) JE (300+)
[118] « all things are numbered » PGP (1)
[119] OT (2) BM (4) PGP (2) JE (2)
[120] DC (1) PGP (2)
[121] OT (4) NT (3) BM (1) PGP (1) JE (85)
[122] OT (3) BM (4) PGP (1) JE (10)
[123] OT (4) PGP (1) JE (2) OT: “12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.” (Genesis 32:12)
[124] BM (1) PGP (1)
[125] PGP (1)
[126] « shall pass away » OT (1) NT (5) BM (4) DC (5) PGP (2) JE (23)
[127] OT (1) NT (1) BM (7) DC (4) PGP (1) JE (2)
[128] BM (1) Note : « another, come » NT (2) JE (3)
[129] OT (2) BM (1) PGP (1) JE (30)
[130] OT (2) NT (1) BM (4) DC (15) PGP (4) JE (30) JE : « that I may be filled with his Spirit, and may become fervent, as a flame of fire in my work , and may be abundantly succeeded, and that it would please God, however unworthy I am, to improve me as an instrument of his glory, and advancing the kingdom of Christ.”
[131] OT (2) BM (5) DC (6) PGP (1) JE (70) JE : « There is a certain measure of holiness and happiness, that each one of the elect is eternally appointed to, and all things that relate to him, work together to bring to pass this appointed measure of good.” “the implicit reasoning of the Apostle leads us to suppose that all things will surely concur to bring to effect God's eternal purpose. And therefore from his reasoning it may be inferred, that all things will tend to, and work together to bring to pass , that degree of good that God has purposed to bestow upon them, and not any more.”
[132] PGP (1) JE (10)
[133] NT (26) BM (25) DC (33) PGP (5) JE (100s)
[134] DC (1) PGP (2)
[135] PGP (1) JE (2)
[136] BM (3) PGP (1)
[137] PGP (1) JE (1)
[138] BM (3) PGP (1) JE (5)
[139] BM (2) PGP (1)
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