| February 27, 1833, Kirtland, Ohio. |
| Not a commandment. Use wine for sacrament, strong
drink for washing, tobacco for bruises, no hot drinks, herbs useful, meat
sparingly, grain the staff of life, fruit, mild barley drinks. Promise:
health, hidden treasures of knowledge, endurance, destroying angel pass
by. |
| Kirtland Revelations
Book heading: A Revelation
for the benefit of the saints & … |
| Not printed in the Book of Commandments. |
| 1835 Doctrine and Covenants 80 heading: A word
of wisdom for the benefit of the council of high priests assembled
in Kirtland and church; and
also the saints in Zion: to be sent greeting: not by commandment or constraint:
but by revelation and the word of wisdom: showing forth the order and will
of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days. Given
for a principle with promise adapted to the capacity of the weak and
the weakest of all saints who are or can be called saints. |
| Kirtland Revelations Book |
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A Revelation
for the benefit of the saints & |
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KRB, 49–51. |
| Word
of wisdom |
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a word of
wisdom for the benefit of the counsel of high Priests assembled
in Kirtland and the Church and
also the saints in Zion |
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Word
of Wisdom
Pink: added after 1835
Red: added in 1835
Blue: dropped
in 1835
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| Not
by commandment |
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to be sent greeting; not by
commandment or constraint but [50] by revelation and the word of wisdom shewing showing forth
the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the
last days |
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| Principle
with promise |
3 |
given for a principle with promise
adapted to the capasity of the weak and the weakest of all saints who
are or can be called saints |
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| By
revelation |
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behold verily thus saith the Lord
unto you in consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist
in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days I have warned you and
forewarn you by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation |
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No
wine or strong drink
Except sacrament |
5 |
that inasmuch as any man drinketh
wine or strong drink among you behold it is not good neither meet in the
sight of your father only in assembling yourselves together to offer up
your sacraments before him |
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| Make
own sacrament wine |
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and behold this should be wine
yea pure wine of the grape of the vine of your own make, |
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drink for washing |
7 |
and again strong drinks are not
{good} for the belly but for the washing
of your bodies, |
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| Tobacco
for bruises |
8 |
and again Tobacco is not for the
body neither for the belly and is not good for man, but is an herb for
bruises and all sick cattle to be used with Judgment and skill |
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| No
hot drinks |
9 |
and again hot drinks are not for
the body or belly |
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| Herbs
useful |
10 |
and again verely I say unto you
all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution nature and
use of man |
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| With
prudence |
11 |
evry herb in the season thereof
and evry fruit in the season thereof, all {all}
these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving |
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| Meat
sparingly |
12 |
yea flesh also of beasts and of
the fowls of the air I the Lord hath have ordained
for the use of man with thanksgiving nevertheless they are to be [51]
used sparingly, |
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Turquoise:
dropped after 1835
Pink: added after 1835 |
| In
winter or famine |
13 |
and it is pleasing unto me that
they should not be used only in times of winter or of cold or famine, |
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A
comma after used was added after 1835. |
| Grain
the staff of life |
14 |
all grain is ordained for the use
of man and of beasts to be the staff of life not only for man but for the
beasts of the feald and the fowls of heaven and all wild animals that run
or creap on the earth |
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| Animals
in famine |
15 |
and these hath God made for the
use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger |
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| Grain
fruit |
16 |
all grain is good for the food of
man as also the fruit of the vine that which yealdeth fruit whether in
the ground or above the ground |
3 |
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| Wheat
mild barley drinks |
17 |
nevertheless wheat for man and
corn for the ox and oats for the horse and rye for the {swine}
fowls & for swine and for all beasts of the field and barley for all
useful animals and for mild drinks as also
other grain, |
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| Health |
18 |
and all saints who remember to
keep and do these sayings walking in obedience to the commandments shall
receive health in their navel and marow to their bones |
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| Wisdom
and treasures of knowledge |
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and shall find wisdom and great
treasures of knowledge even hiden treasures |
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| Not
weary not faint |
20 |
and Shall run and not be weary and
shall walk and not faint |
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| Destroying
angel will pass by |
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and I the Lord give unto them
a promise that the distroying angel shall pass by them as the Children
of Israel and not slay them Amen. |
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<Given February 27 — 1833> |
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D&C 90
Revelation of January 6, 1833
Ohio Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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