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==''Gospel Topics'': "As Joseph grew to understand his prophetic calling, he learned that he could use this stone for the higher purpose of translating scripture"==
[http://www.lds.org/topics/book-of-mormon-translation?lang=eng "Book of Mormon Translation,"] ''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org (2013):
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Joseph Smith and his scribes wrote of two instruments used in translating the Book of Mormon. According to witnesses of the translation, when Joseph looked into the instruments, the words of scripture appeared in English. One instrument, called in the Book of Mormon the “interpreters,” is better known to Latter-day Saints today as the “Urim and Thummim.” ....

The other instrument, which Joseph Smith discovered in the ground years before he retrieved the gold plates, was a small oval stone, or “seer stone.” As a young man during the 1820s, Joseph Smith, like others in his day, used a seer stone to look for lost objects and buried treasure. As Joseph grew to understand his prophetic calling, he learned that he could use this stone for the higher purpose of translating scripture.<ref>[http://www.lds.org/topics/book-of-mormon-translation?lang=eng "Book of Mormon Translation,"] ''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org (2013)</ref>
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[[es:Fuente:Temas del Evangelio:La traducción del Libro de Mormón:Cuando José comprendió su llamamiento profético, se dio cuenta de que podía usar esa piedra para un fin más elevado: traducir Escrituras]]
[[pt:Fonte:Tópicos do Evangelho:A Tradução do Livro de Mórmon:Como Joseph cresceu para entender sua vocação profética, ele aprendeu que ele poderia usar a pedra para o propósito maior de traduzir escrituras]]