Footnotes
Revelation, 8 July 1838–C [D&C 119:1, 4]. This direction adapted the church’s original plan, presented in earlier revelations, for consecrating property. (See, for example, Revelation, 9 Feb. 1831 [D&C 42:30–39].)
Revelation, 8 July 1838–D [D&C 120].
The “Bishops Court” consisted of the bishop and his counselors. (See Revelation, 8 July 1838–D [D&C 120].)
This name for Deity, taken from Exodus 3:14, also appears in several of JS’s early revelations. (See Revelation, Sept. 1830–A [D&C 29:1]; Revelation, 2 Jan. 1831 [D&C 38:1]; and Revelation, 5 Jan. 1831 [D&C 39:1].)
A month earlier, Vinson Knight was appointed the pro tempore bishop at Adam-ondi-Ahman, Missouri. Bishop Newel K. Whitney, still residing in Kirtland, Ohio, was expected to move to Missouri and act as a bishop there. (Minutes, 28 June 1838; Revelation, 8 July 1838–E [D&C 117:11].)
JS, his counselors in the First Presidency, and Robinson visited Adam-ondi-Ahman repeatedly during the previous two months. (JS, Journal, 18 May–5 June 1838; Minutes, 28 June 1838; John Smith, Journal, 28 June 1838; JS History, vol. B-1, 804; see also Swartzell, Mormonism Exposed, 9–25.)
Smith, John (1781-1854). Journal, 1833–1841. John Smith, Papers, 1833-1854. CHL. MS 1326, box 1, fd. 1.
Swartzell, William. Mormonism Exposed, Being a Journal of a Residence in Missouri from the 28th of May to the 20th of August, 1838, Together with an Appendix, Containing the Revelation concerning the Golden Bible, with Numerous Extracts from the ‘Book of Covenants,’ &c., &c. Pekin, OH: By the author, 1840.