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I Have a Question: What was the approximate weight of the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?

TitleI Have a Question: What was the approximate weight of the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1986
AuthorsDoxey, Roy W.
MagazineEnsign
Volume16
Issue Number12
Pagination65
Date PublishedDecember 1986
Type of ArticleI Have a Question
KeywordsGold Plates; Metallurgy
Abstract

Also in A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 50-52. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988. Citing Joseph Smith’s own description of the physical appearance of the plates as well as several contemporary accounts of persons who were permitted to lift them, the author provides an approximate weight of the gold plates.
URLhttps://www.lds.org/ensign/1986/12/i-have-a-question/what-was-the-approximate-weight-of-the-gold-plates-from-which-the-book-of-mormon-was-translated?lang=eng

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