James J. Strang, one of several contenders to succeed Joseph Smith during the 1844 succession crisis, asserted that he had been given the "Plates of Laban" in fulfillment of Lehi's prophecy. His translation of selections from them was published in 1851 as "The Book of the Law of the Lord: Being a Translation from the Egyptian of the Law Given to Moses in Sinai". In its preface, Strang clearly identifies the "Plates of Laban" as the source for most of his book.