joseph smith got the gold plates on september 22, 1823.
joseph smith got the gold plates on september 22, 1823.
when did joseph smith get the gold plates?
september 22 , 1823
bullet::::- september 21, 1823 - moroni the angel visits joseph smith









































bullet::::- september 22, 1823 - joseph smith is shown the gold plates for the first time









































bullet::::- january 18, 1827 - joseph smith marries emma hale.









































bullet::::- september 22, 1827 - joseph smith receives the gold plates.









































bullet::::- may 15, 1829 - john the baptist the angel bestows the aaron priesthood upon joseph smith and oliver cowdery









































bullet::::- june 1829 - peter james and john the angels bestow the melchizedek priesthood upon joseph smith and oliver cowdery
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according to joseph smith, an angel named moroni told him "there was a book deposited, written upon gold plates, giving an account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from whence they sprang." according to joseph smith, moroni explained that the coming forth of the book of mormon was to be concurrent with the fulfillment of ancient prophecies regarding the latter-day church of christ. according to latter day saint scripture, the narrative in the book of mormon came to an end in the ancient land cumorah, where moroni, in 421 ad deposited the golden plates prior to his death. mormon and moroni's cumorah is claimed by many believers to be the same land containing the modern "hill cumorah" near joseph smith's home in palmyra, western new york, from whence the gold plates of the book of mormon were retrieved. others view the modern "hill cumorah" to be distinct from the original, and simply to have been named after it; thus adding no information to the question of the location of the lands described in the book of mormon.
proposed book of mormon geographical setting