Corresponding Section Numbers in Editions of the Doctrine and Covenants

The Book of Commandments, of which a number of partial copies were printed in 1833, was superseded by the Doctrine and Covenants. Because the numbering of comparable material in the Book of Commandments and different editions of the Doctrine and Covenants varies extensively, the following table is provided to help readers refer from the version of a canonized item cited in this volume to other published versions of that same item. This table includes revelations announced by JS—plus letters, records of visions, articles, minutes, and other items, some of which were authored by other individuals—that were published in the Book of Commandments or Doctrine and Covenants in or before 1844, the year of JS’s death. The table also includes material originating with JS that was first published in the Doctrine and Covenants after 1844. Such later-canonized material includes, for example, extracts of JS’s 20 March 1839 letter written from the jail in Liberty, Missouri. These extracts, first canonized in 1876, are currently found in sections 121 through 123 of the Latter-day Saint edition of the Doctrine and Covenants.

The 1835 and 1844 editions of the Doctrine and Covenants included a series of lectures on the subject of faith, which constituted part 1 of the volume. Only part 2, the compilation of revelations and other items, is represented in the table. Further, the table does not include materials originating with JS that were not canonized in his lifetime and that have never been canonized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or by the Community of Christ. As only one of many examples, JS’s journal entry for 3 November 1835 contains a JS revelation concerning the Twelve. This revelation has never been canonized and therefore does not appear in the table. More information about documents not listed on the table below will be provided in other volumes of The Joseph Smith Papers and on the Joseph Smith Papers website, josephsmithpapers.org.

Some material was significantly revised after its initial publication in the canon. For instance, the revelation in chapter 28 of the Book of Commandments included twice as much material when it was republished in the Doctrine and Covenants in 1835. As another example, chapter 65 of the Book of Commandments stops abruptly before the end of the revelation because publication of the volume was disrupted; the revelation was not published in its entirety until 1835. These and other substantial changes of greater or lesser significance are not accounted for in the table, but they will be identified in the appropriate volumes of the Documents series.

The far left column of the table gives the standard date of each item, based on careful study of original sources. The “standard date” is the date a revelation was originally dictated or recorded. If that date is ambiguous or unknown, the standard date is the best approximation of the date, based on existing evidence. The standard date provides a way to identify each item and situate it chronologically with other documents, but it cannot be assumed that every date corresponds to the day an item was first dictated or recorded. In some cases, an item was recorded without a date notation. It is also possible that a few items were first dictated on a date other than the date surviving manuscripts bear. The dates found in this table were assigned based on all available evidence, including later attempts by JS and his contemporaries to recover date, place, and circumstances.

Where surviving sources provide conflicting information about dating, editorial judgment has been exercised to select the most likely date (occasionally only an approximate month), based on the most reliable sources. In cases in which two or more items bear the same date, they have been listed in the order in which they most likely originated, and a letter of the alphabet has been appended, providing each item a unique editorial title (for example, May 1829–A or May 1829–B). Information on dating issues will accompany publication of these items in the Documents series.

The remaining five columns on the table provide the number of the chapter (in the case of the Book of Commandments) or section (in the case of editions of the Doctrine and Covenants) in which the item was published in one or more of five different canonical editions, the first three of which were initiated by JS. Full bibliographic information about these five editions is given in the list of works cited. See also the Scriptural References section in the introduction to Works Cited for more information about the origins of the Doctrine and Covenants and other Latter-day Saint scriptures.

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Key to column titles

1833: Book of Commandments

1835: Doctrine and Covenants, 1835 edition, part 2

1844: Doctrine and Covenants, 1844 edition, part 2¹

2004: Doctrine and Covenants, 2004 edition, Community of Christ²

2013: Doctrine and Covenants, 2013 edition, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints³

JS-Era Canon in bold.

Date	1833	1835	1844	2004	2013
21 Sept. 1823					24
July 1828	2	30	30	2	3
Feb. 1829	3	31	31	4	4
Mar. 1829	4	32	32	5	5
Apr. 1829–A	5	8	8	6	6
Spring 1829	9	36	36	3	10
Apr. 1829–B	7	34	34	8	8
Apr. 1829–C	6	33	33	7	7
Apr. 1829–D	8	35	35	9	9
15 May 1829					135
May 1829–A	10	37	37	10	11
May 1829–B	11	38	38	11	12
June 1829–A	12	39	39	12	14
June 1829–B	15	43	43	16	18
June 1829–C	13	40	40	13	15
June 1829–D	14	41	41	14	16
June 1829–E		42	42	15	17
ca. Summer 1829	16	44	44	18	19
ca. Apr. 1830	24	2	2	17	20
6 Apr. 1830	22	46	46	19	21
Apr. 1830–A	17	45:1	45:1	21:1	23:1–2
Apr. 1830–B	18	45:2	45:2	21:2	23:3
Apr. 1830–C	19	45:3	45:3	21:3	23:4
Apr. 1830–D	20	45:4	45:4	21:4	23:5
Apr. 1830–E	21	45:5	45:5	21:5	23:6–7
16 Apr. 1830	23	47	47	20	22
July 1830–A	25	9	9	23	24
July 1830–B	27	49	49	25	26
July 1830–C	26	48	48	24	25
ca. Aug. 1830	28	50	50	26	27
Sept. 1830–A	29	10	10	28	29
Sept. 1830–B	30	51	51	27	28
Sept. 1830–C	31	52:1	52:1	29:1	30:1–4
Sept. 1830–D	32	52:2	52:2	29:2	30:5–8
Sept. 1830–E	33	52:3	52:3	29:3	30:9–11
Sept. 1830–F	34	53	53	30	31
Oct. 1830–A		54	54	31	32
Oct. 1830–B	35	55	55	32	33
4 Nov. 1830	36	56	56	33	34
7 Dec. 1830	37	11	11	34	35
9 Dec. 1830	38	57	57	35	36
30 Dec. 1830	39	58	58	37	37
1830		73	74	74	74
2 Jan. 1831	40	12	12	38	38
5 Jan. 1831	41	59	59	39	39
6 Jan. 1831	42	60	60	40	40
4 Feb. 1831	43	61	61	41	41
9 Feb. 18316	44	13:1–19	13:1–19	42:1–19	42:1–72
Feb. 1831–A	45	14	14	43	43
Feb. 1831–B	46	62	62	44	44
23 Feb. 1831	47	13:21–23, 20	13:21–23, 20	42:21–23, 20	42:78–93, 74–77
ca. 7 Mar. 1831	48	15	15	45	45
ca. 8 Mar. 1831–A	49	16	16	46	46
ca. 8 Mar. 1831–B	50	63	63	47	47
10 Mar. 1831	51	64	64	48	48
7 May 1831	52	65	65	49	49
9 May 1831	53	17	17	50	50
20 May 1831		23	23	51	51
6 June 1831	54	66	66	52	52
8 June 1831	55	667	67	53	53
10 June 1831	56	67	68	54	54
14 June 1831	57	68	69	55	55
15 June 1831	58	69	70	56	56
20 July 1831		27	27	57	57
1 Aug. 1831	59	18	18	58	58
7 Aug. 1831	60	19	19	59	59
8 Aug. 1831	61	70	71	60	60
12 Aug. 1831	62	71	72	61	61
13 Aug. 1831	63	72	73	62	62
30 Aug. 1831	64	20	20	63	63
11 Sept. 1831	65	21	21	64	64
29 Oct. 1831		74	75	66	66
30 Oct. 1831		24	24	65	65
1 Nov. 1831–A		22	22	68	68
1 Nov. 1831–B	1	1	1	1	1
ca. 2 Nov. 1831		25	25	67	67
3 Nov. 1831		100	108	108	133
11 Nov. 1831–A		28	28	69	69
11 Nov. 1831–B8		3 (partial9)	3 (partial10)	104 (partial12)	107 (partial11)
12 Nov. 1831		26	26	70	70
1 Dec. 1831		90	91	71	71
4 Dec. 1831–A		89:1–2	90:1–2	72:1–2	72:1–8
4 Dec. 1831–B		89:3–4	90:3–4	72:3–4	72:9–23
4 Dec. 1831–C		89:5	90:5	72:5	72:24–26
10 Jan. 1832		29	29	73	73
25 Jan. 1832–A		87:1–3	88:1–3	75:1–3	75:1–22
25 Jan. 1832–B		87:4–5	88:4–5	75:4–5	75:23–26
16 Feb. 1832		91	92	76	76
1 Mar. 1832		75	76	77	78
7 Mar. 1832		77	78	79	80
12 Mar. 1832		76	77	78	79
15 Mar. 1832		79	80	80	81
Between ca. 4 and ca. 20 Mar. 1832					77
26 Apr. 1832		86	87	81	82
30 Apr. 1832		88	89	82	83
29 Aug. 1832		78	79	96	99
22 and 23 Sept. 1832		4	4	83	84
27 Nov. 1832					85
6 Dec. 1832		6	6	84	86
25 Dec. 1832					87
27 and 28 Dec. 1832		7:1–38	7:1–38	85:1–38	88:1–126
3 Jan. 1833		7:39–46	7:39–46	85:39–46	88:127–141
27 Feb. 1833		80	81	86	89
8 Mar. 1833		84	85	87	90
9 Mar. 1833		92	93	88	91
15 Mar. 1833		93	94	89	92
6 May 1833		82	83	90	93
1 June 1833		95	96	92	95
4 June 1833		96	97	93	96
2 Aug. 1833–A		81	82	94	97
2 Aug. 1833–B		83	84	91	94
6 Aug. 1833		85	86	95	98
12 Oct. 1833		94	95	97	100
16 and 17 Dec. 1833		97	98	98	101
17 Feb. 1834		5	5	99	102
24 Feb. 1834			101	100	103
23 Apr. 1834		98	99	101	104
22 June 1834			102	102	105
25 Nov. 1834		99	100	103	106
ca. Apr. 183513		3	3	104	107
ca. Aug. 1835 (“Marriage”)		101	109	111
ca. Aug. 1835 (“Of Governments and Laws in General”)		102	110	112	134
26 Dec. 1835					108
21 Jan. 1836					137
27 Mar. 1836					109
3 Apr. 1836					110
6 Aug. 1836					111
23 July 1837			104	105	112
Mar. 1838					113
11 Apr. 1838					114
26 Apr. 1838					115
19 May 1838					116
8 July 1838–A					118
8 July 1838–C14			107	106	119
8 July 1838–D					120
8 July 1838–E					117
20 Mar. 1839					121–123
19 Jan. 1841			[103]	10715	124
Mar. 1841					125
9 July 1841					126
1 Sept. 1842			105	10916	127
7 Sept. 1842			106	11017	128
9 Feb. 1843					129
2 Apr. 1843					130
16–17 May 1843					131
12 July 1843					132

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Notes

1. The 1844 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants included one item written after the death of JS (section 111). That item is not included in this table.

2. The 2004 Community of Christ edition of the Doctrine and Covenants includes two extracts from JS’s Bible revision (sections 22 and 36) and items written after the death of JS. Neither the extracts nor the later items are included in this table.

3. The 1981 Latter-day Saint edition of the Doctrine and Covenants includes some items written after the death if JS. Those items are not included in this table. Any item for which information appears only in the “1981” column and in the “Date” column is a later-canonized JS item, as discussed in the first paragraph of the preceding introduction.

4. This section, an extract from the history JS initiated in 1838, is here dated by the date of the event described in the section rather than the date of the document’s creation.

5. This section, an extract from the history JS initiated in 1838, is here dated by the date of the event described in the section rather than the date of the document’s creation.

6. See also the following entry for 23 Feb. 1831.

7. The second of two sections numbered 66. Numbering remains one off for subsequent sections within the 1835 edition.

8. See also the following entry for ca. Apr. 1835.

9. Verses 31–33, 35–42, 44.

10. Verses 31–33, 35–42, 44.

11. Verses 59–69, 71–72, 74–75, 78–87, 91–92, 99–100.

12. Verses 31–33, 35–42, 44.

13. See also the preceding entry for 11 Nov. 1831–B.

14. This table skips from 8 July 1838–A to 8 July 1838–C because the revelation not shown here, 8 July 1838–B, has never been canonized.

15. The 2004 Community of Christ edition provides the following note regarding this section: “Placed in the Appendix by action of the 1970 World Conference: the Appendix was subsequently removed by the 1990 World Conference.”

16. The 2004 Community of Christ edition provides the following note regarding this section: “Placed in the Appendix by action of the 1970 World Conference: the Appendix was subsequently removed by the 1990 World Conference.”

17. The 2004 Community of Christ edition provides the following note regarding this section: “Placed in the Appendix by action of the 1970 World Conference: the Appendix was subsequently removed by the 1990 World Conference.”