Editing Book of Commandments (section)

== Book of Commandments chapters and Doctrine and Covenants sections ==
Note that the units of the Book of Commandments are chapters, while the Doctrine and Covenants has sections. Chapters of the book correspond exactly to modern D&C sections except for the revisions discussed above.

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! align="center" | Book of Commandments<br>1833<br/>Chapter (out of 65)
! align="center" | [[Doctrine and Covenants|D&C]]<br/>1835<br/> Section (of 102)
! align="center" | [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] D&C<br/>1981<br/> Section (of 138)
! align="center" | Notes
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| 1 || 1 || 1
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| 2 || 30 || 3
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| 3 || 31 || 4
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| 4 || 32 || 5
| D&C changes to "and I have commanded that you should pretend to no other gift ''until my purpose is fulfilled in this''" as discussed above. Also, specific mention of [[Three Witnesses|''three'' witnesses]] removed, perhaps because 8 more witnesses were allowed to view the [[Golden Plates]].
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| 5 || 8 || 6
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| 6 || 33 || 7
| Concurrent with the Book of Mormon, this is the first translation project of a parchment Joseph Smith. It was the translation of a parchment that contained the [[Account of John]] the apostle. The 1835 and later D&C versions were expanded to include prophesies that Peter James and John would restore the priesthood.
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| 7 || 34 || 8
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| 8 || 35 || 9 
| [[Oliver Cowdery]] was told that he had the gift of "working with the sprout, behold it hath told you things. Behold there is no other power save God that can cause this thing of Nature<sic> to work in your hands."<ref name=Marquardt2013>Smith, J., &amp; Marquardt, H. M. (2013). Joseph Smith's 1828-1843 revelations. Xulon Press</ref> This refers to a [[Cunning folk traditions and the Latter Day Saint movement|divining rod]]. Wording was changed in later editions of the Doctrine and Covenants  referring to Cowdery's rod as the "gift of Aaron".<ref name=Marquardt2013 />
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| 9 || 36 || 10
| The term "[[Urim and Thummim (Latter Day Saints) | Urim and Thummim]]" is introduced in the 1835 version, while absent in the 1833 version.
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| 10 || 37 || 11
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| 11 || 38 || 12
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| 12 || 39 || 14
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| 13 || 40 || 15
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| 14 || 41 || 16
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| 15 || 43 || 18
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| 16 || 44 || 19
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| 17-21 || 45 || 23
| These short chapters contained revelations of no more than 4 sentences each directed toward associates of Joseph Smith. They were combined into one D&C chapter.
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| 22 || 46 || 21
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| 23 || 47 || 22
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| 24 || 2 || 20
| The duties of [[Melchizedek Priesthood (Latter-day Saint)#Offices of the Latter-day Saint Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthood|Elders]] in the church and specifics of [[baptism]] elaborated in D&C.
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| 25 || 9 || 24
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| 26 || 48 || 25
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| 27 || 49 || 26
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| 28 || 50 || 27
| Additional material in D&C constitutes more than half of this section. D&C includes new passages about Joseph Smith being visited by [[Elijah]], Elias (who is separate from Elijah in Mormonism), [[Saint Peter|Peter]], [[Saint James the Great|James]], [[John the Apostle|John]], [[Michael (archangel)|Archangel Michael]] (who is [[Adam and Eve (LDS Church)|Adam]] in Mormonism), and others. This chapter has the most controversial difference between the Book of Commandments and the Doctrine and Covenants.
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| 29 || 10 || 29
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| 30 || 51 || 28
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| 31-33 || 52 || 30
| Short revelations to [[David Whitmer]], [[Peter Whitmer Jr.]] and [[John Whitmer]] combined into one chapter. It concerns missionary work to the "[[Lamanites]]"
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| 34 || 53 || 31
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| 35 || 55 || 33
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| 36 || 56 || 34
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| 37 || 11 || 35
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| 38 || 57 || 36
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| 39 || 58 || 37
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| 40 || 12 || 38
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| 41 || 59 || 39
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| 42 || 60 || 40
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| 43 || 61 || 41
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| 44 || 13 || 42
| This chapter was combined with chapter 47 in D&C.
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| 45 || 14 || 43
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| 46 || 62 || 44
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| 47 || 13 || 42
| This chapter appended to chapter 44 to become one section of D&C.
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| 48 || 15 || 45
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| 49 || 16 || 46
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| 50 || 63 || 47
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| 51 || 64 || 48
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| 52 || 65 || 49
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| 53 || 17 || 50
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| 54 || rowspan="2" | 66 || 52
| rowspan="2" |Two sections of the 1835 D&C were inadvertently numbered 66. Thus there were actually 103 sections (although they only numbered to 102).
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| 55 || 53
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| 56 || 67 || 54
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| 57 || 68 || 55
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| 58 || 69 || 56
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| 59 || 18 || 58
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| 60 || 19 || 59
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| 61 || 70 || 60
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| 62 || 71 || 61
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| 63 || 72 || 62
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| 64 || 20 || 63
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| 65 || 21 || 64
| This chapter of the Book of Commandments incomplete when the press was destroyed.
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