Joseph Smith's history describes this revelation: "In these infant days of the Church, there was a great anxiety to obtain the word of the Lord upon every subject that in any way concerned our salvation; and as the land of Zion was now the most important temporal object in view, I enquired of the Lord for further information upon the gathering of the Saints, and the purchase of the land, and other matters."
Ditso tsa ga Joseph Smith ditlhalosa tshenolo e: "Mo malatsing a masha a a Kereke, gone go na le matshwenyego a magolo go amogela lefoko la Morena mo setlhogong sengwe le sengwe seo ka tsela epe se neng se amanale poloko ya rona; mme jaaka lefatshe la Sione e ne jaanong ele maikaelelo a tshekatsheko a lobaka lono fela a a botlhokwa thata, Ke ne ka botsa Morena go amogela kitso e nngwe mabapi le go phuthega ga Baitshepi, le theko ya lefatshe, le dilo tse dingwe."