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D&C 5
Behold,
I
say
unto
you,
that
as
my
servant
a
Martin
Harris
has
desired
a
witness
at
my
hand,
that
you,
my
servant
Joseph
Smith,
Jun.,
have
got
the
plates
of
which
you
have
testified
and
borne
record
that
you
have
received
of
me;
2 And
now,
behold,
this
shall
you
say
unto
him—he
who
spake
unto
you,
said
unto
you:
I,
the
Lord,
am
God,
and
have
given
these
things
unto
you,
my
servant
Joseph
Smith,
Jun.,
and
have
commanded
you
that
you
should
stand
as
a
a
witness
of
these
things;
3 And
I
have
caused
you
that
you
should
enter
into
a
a
covenant
with
me,
that
you
should
not
b
show
them
except
to
those
c
persons
to
whom
I
commanded
you;
and
you
have
no
d
power
over
them
except
I
grant
it
unto
you.
4 And
you
have
a
gift
to
a
translate
the
plates;
and
this
is
the
first
gift
that
I
bestowed
upon
you;
and
I
have
commanded
that
you
should
pretend
to
no
other
gift
until
my
purpose
is
fulfilled
in
this;
for
I
will
grant
unto
you
no
other
gift
until
it
is
finished.
5 Verily,
I
say
unto
you,
that
a
woe
shall
come
unto
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
if
they
will
not
b
hearken
unto
my
words;
6 For
hereafter
you
shall
be
a
ordained
and
go
forth
and
deliver
my
b
words
unto
the
children
of
men.
7 Behold,
if
they
will
not
a
believe
my
words,
they
would
not
believe
you,
my
servant
Joseph,
if
it
were
possible
that
you
should
show
them
all
these
things
which
I
have
committed
unto
you.
8 Oh,
this
a
unbelieving
and
b
stiffnecked
generation—mine
c
anger
is
kindled
against
them.
9 Behold,
verily
I
say
unto
you,
I
have
a
reserved
those
things
which
I
have
entrusted
unto
you,
my
servant
Joseph,
for
a
wise
purpose
in
me,
and
it
shall
be
made
known
unto
future
generations;
10 But
this
generation
shall
have
my
word
a
through
you;
11 And
in
addition
to
your
testimony,
the
a
testimony
of
three
of
my
servants,
whom
I
shall
call
and
ordain,
unto
whom
I
will
show
these
things,
and
they
shall
go
forth
with
my
words
that
are
given
through
you.
12 Yea,
they
shall
know
of
a
a
surety
that
these
things
are
true,
for
from
heaven
will
I
declare
it
unto
them.
13 I
will
give
them
power
that
they
may
behold
and
view
these
things
as
they
are;
14 And
to
a
none
else
will
I
grant
this
power,
to
receive
this
same
testimony
among
this
generation,
in
this
the
beginning
of
the
rising
up
and
the
coming
forth
of
my
b
church
out
of
the
wilderness—clear
as
the
c
moon,
and
fair
as
the
sun,
and
terrible
as
an
army
with
banners.
15 And
the
testimony
of
three
a
witnesses
will
I
send
forth
of
my
word.
16 And
behold,
whosoever
a
believeth
on
my
words,
them
will
I
b
visit
with
the
c
manifestation
of
my
d
Spirit;
and
they
shall
be
e
born
of
me,
even
of
water
and
of
the
Spirit—
17 And
you
must
wait
yet
a
little
while,
for
ye
are
not
yet
a
ordained—
18 And
their
testimony
shall
also
go
forth
unto
the
a
condemnation
of
this
generation
if
they
b
harden
their
hearts
against
them;
19 For
a
desolating
a
scourge
shall
go
forth
among
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth,
and
shall
continue
to
be
poured
out
from
time
to
time,
if
they
b
repent
not,
until
the
earth
is
c
empty,
and
the
inhabitants
thereof
are
d
consumed
away
and
utterly
destroyed
by
the
brightness
of
my
e
coming.
20 Behold,
I
tell
you
these
things,
even
as
I
also
a
told
the
people
of
the
destruction
of
Jerusalem;
and
my
b
word
shall
be
verified
at
this
time
as
it
hath
hitherto
been
verified.
21 And
now
I
command
you,
my
servant
Joseph,
to
a
repent
and
b
walk
more
uprightly
before
me,
and
to
yield
to
the
c
persuasions
of
men
no
more;
22 And
that
you
be
a
firm
in
b
keeping
the
commandments
wherewith
I
have
commanded
you;
and
if
you
do
this,
behold
I
grant
unto
you
c
eternal
life,
even
if
you
should
be
d
slain.
23 And
now,
again,
I
speak
unto
you,
my
servant
Joseph,
concerning
the
a
man
that
desires
the
witness—
24 Behold,
I
say
unto
him,
he
exalts
himself
and
does
not
a
humble
himself
sufficiently
before
me;
but
if
he
will
b
bow
down
before
me,
and
humble
himself
in
mighty
c
prayer
and
faith,
in
the
d
sincerity
of
his
heart,
then
will
I
grant
unto
him
a
e
view
of
the
things
which
he
desires
to
see.
25 And
then
he
shall
say
unto
the
people
of
this
generation:
Behold,
I
have
seen
the
things
which
the
Lord
hath
shown
unto
Joseph
Smith,
Jun.,
and
I
a
know
of
a
surety
that
they
are
true,
for
I
have
seen
them,
for
they
have
been
shown
unto
me
by
the
power
of
God
and
not
of
man.
26 And
I
the
Lord
command
him,
my
servant
Martin
Harris,
that
he
shall
say
no
more
unto
them
concerning
these
things,
except
he
shall
say:
I
have
seen
them,
and
they
have
been
shown
unto
me
by
the
power
of
God;
and
these
are
the
words
which
he
shall
say.
27 But
if
he
deny
this
he
will
break
the
a
covenant
which
he
has
before
covenanted
with
me,
and
behold,
he
is
condemned.
28 And
now,
except
he
humble
himself
and
acknowledge
unto
me
the
things
that
he
has
done
which
are
wrong,
and
covenant
with
me
that
he
will
keep
my
commandments,
and
exercise
a
faith
in
me,
behold,
I
say
unto
him,
he
shall
have
no
such
views,
for
I
will
grant
unto
him
no
views
of
the
things
of
which
I
have
spoken.
29 And
if
this
be
the
case,
I
command
you,
my
servant
Joseph,
that
you
shall
say
unto
him,
that
he
shall
do
no
more,
nor
trouble
me
any
more
concerning
this
matter.
30 And
if
this
be
the
case,
behold,
I
say
unto
thee
Joseph,
when
thou
hast
translated
a
few
more
pages
thou
shalt
stop
for
a
season,
even
until
I
command
thee
again;
then
thou
mayest
translate
again.
31 And
except
thou
do
this,
behold,
thou
shalt
have
no
more
gift,
and
I
will
take
away
the
things
which
I
have
entrusted
with
thee.
32 And
now,
because
I
foresee
the
lying
in
wait
to
destroy
thee,
yea,
I
foresee
that
if
my
servant
Martin
Harris
humbleth
not
himself
and
receive
a
witness
from
my
hand,
that
he
will
fall
into
a
transgression;
33 And
there
are
many
that
lie
in
wait
to
a
destroy
thee
from
off
the
face
of
the
earth;
and
for
this
cause,
that
thy
days
may
be
b
prolonged,
I
have
given
unto
thee
these
commandments.
34 Yea,
for
this
cause
I
have
said:
Stop,
and
a
stand
still
until
I
command
thee,
and
I
will
b
provide
means
whereby
thou
mayest
accomplish
the
thing
which
I
have
commanded
thee.
35 And
if
thou
art
a
faithful
in
keeping
my
commandments,
thou
shalt
be
b
lifted
up
at
the
last
day.
Amen.
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