And now , again, I speak again unto you, my servant Joseph, concerning the man that desireth a desires the witness -- :

Behold I say unto him, he exalteth exalts himself and doth does not humble himself sufficiently before me, but if he will go out and bow dow n before me, and humble himself in mighty prayer and faith, in the sincerity of his heart, then I will grant unto him a view of the things which he desireth desires to know see .

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 know of a surety that they are true, for I have seen them , and for they have been shown unto me by the power of God and not of man.

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.

But if he deny this, he will break the covenanted covenant which he has before covenanted with me, and behold he is condemned.

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 faith in me, behold I say unto him, he shall have no such views, for I will grant unto h im no views of the things which I have spoken.

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.

And if this be the case, beho ld I say unto you thee , Joseph, when thou hast translated a few more pages, thou shalt stop for a season, even until I command thee again: then thou ma yest translate again.

And except thou do thou do this, behold thou shalt have no more gift, and I will take away the things which I have intrusted entrusted with thee.

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 m y hand, that he will fall into transgression;

And there are many that lie in wait to destroy thee from off the face of the earth: And for this cause, that thy days may be prolonged, I have given unto thee these commandments;

Yea, for this cause I have said, stop and stand still until I command thee, an d I will provide means whereby thou mayest accomplish the thing which I have commanded thee;

And if thou art faithful in keeping m y commandments, thou shalt be lifted up at the last day. Amen.

Are any of these changes significant?

While most of the changes are minor, the first change highlighte

d in yellow is particularly significant. In it’s original

form God states that the

only

gift Joseph Smith would be granted is that of translating the Book of Mormon. The modification changes this statement to mean that the gift of translation of the Golden Plates is

the first