What was the sealed book, and why was it sealed?

Thomas R. Valletta

The sealed book was a “portion of the gold plates that Joseph Smith was not allowed to translate” and which contained a “marvelous revelation the Lord gave to the brother of Jared wherein he saw ‘all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be … even unto the ends of the earth’ (Ether 3:25)” (Largey, Book of Mormon Reference Companion, 707).

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