the Urim and Thummim, which had
been prepared by divine instrumentality for use in translating the book.
The place at which the plates and the other sacred things were deposited
was shown to Joseph in vision, and so clear was the demonstration that
he readily recognized the spot when he visited it next day.

The angel quoted several passages from the Old and one from the New
Testament, some verbatim, and some with small variations from the
Biblical version. Joseph's statement concerning the scriptures cited by
Moroni is as follows:

"He first quoted part of the third chapter of Malachi, and he
quoted also the fourth or last chapter of the same prophecy,
though with a little variation from the way it reads in our
Bibles. Instead of quoting the first verse as it reads in our
books, he quoted it thus:

"_For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all
the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall burn as stubble;
for they that come shall burn them, saith the Lord of Hosts,
that it shall leave them neither root nor branch._

"And again, he quoted the fifth verse thus: _Behold, I will
reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the
prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the
Lord._

"He also quoted the next verse differently: _And he shall plant
in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers,
and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers; if
it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his
coming._

"In addition to these, he quoted the eleventh chapter of Isaiah,
saying that it was about to be fulfilled. He quoted also the
third chapter of Acts, twenty-second and twenty-third verses,
precisely as they stand in our New Testament. He said that that
prophet was Christ; but the day had not yet come when they who
would not hear his voice should be cut off from among the
people, but soon would come.

"He also quoted the second chapter of Joel, from the
twenty-eighth verse to the last. He also said that this was not
yet fulfilled but was soon to be. And he further stated that the
fulness of the Gentiles was soon to come in."[1529]

The messenger departed, and the light disappeared with him. Twice during
the same night, however, the angel returned, each time repeating what
had been said at his first appearing and addin