In June 1830, Oliver Cowdery documented a revelation received by Joseph Smith as "A Revelation given to Joseph the Revelator June 1830." This revelation is a record of a conversation between Moses and God. Within this conversation, God explained key principles of the gospel to Moses, including the nature of God Himself, the creation of the world, the plan for mankind's salvation, and the purpose of human life on earth.1 Recognizing its doctrinal depth, this revelation was eventually canonized in the Pearl of Great Price, a book of scripture in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.2
This was the beginning of Joseph's inspired revision or translation to the text of the Bible. Joseph worked on this project intermittently from June 1830 until July 1833, and it covered significant portions of the Bible.3 The only other text from the Joseph Smith Translation to be canonized was Matthew 24 (which is now known as Joseph Smith-Matthew);4 however, some of the great revelations of the restoration, like the vision of the kingdoms of glory, were received because of questions raised during this translation process.5
