Mormon Polygamy—The Truth Revealed! Appendix 2Critics of polygamy and Joseph have used numerous myths, fallacious reports,
vicious rumors, and accepted legends to present Emma as a jealous wife who rejected the
idea of polygamy. They claim Joseph forced her to accept it as an uncaring husband and
opportunistic sexual predator. Nothing could be further from the truth. Not one of their
critiques or speculations is true! There are countless published affidavits of people who said
they heard this and that from this person or that person, who gave affidavits about what
this person or that person claimed they had heard or witnessed—all hearsay. Before Clayton
and Young colluded to spin their doctrine into their own revelation (circa 1850), Emma
recounted that she knew nothing about the revelation on polygamy as William Clayton
pretended it to be and had presented it to others after Joseph’s death.^23
The following is the original revelation that Joseph and Hyrum prepared and had
William Clayton record on July 12, 1843:
(NOTE: The revelation given to the LDS Church through Brigham Young is kept as intact as
possible. Although the format is followed as it was published in the 1876 Doctrine and
Covenants, the appropriate changes sometimes do not allow a congruent layout. To illustrate
the many alterations that Young and Clayton made to the original revelation in order to
make it conform to Young’s own LDS doctrine, the 1876 verses are given in italics before the
original verses of the 1843 revelation. The now-resurrected Joseph restored the original
version as it was dictated in 1843, giving it to the author of this book through the technology
of the Urim and Thummim on June 1, 2010.)
1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have
inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my
servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants,
as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines—- Verily, thus saith the Lord unto my handmaid, Emma, the wife of my
servant Joseph, that inasmuch as thou hast inquired of Joseph on behalf of the
women of my church to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified
my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and also David and Solomon, my
servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives
and concubines—
2 Behold, and lo, I am the Lord thy God, and will answer thee as touching this matter.- Behold, and lo, I am the Lord thy God, and will answer thee on this matter.
And that which I reveal unto thee through my servant Joseph shall stand forever
as the law of heaven and earth pertaining unto these things. For behold, the cries
of thy sisters have reached my ears and the abominations of their husbands I
have seen.
3 Therefore, prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am about to
give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same.- Therefore, what I say unto thee through my servant shall be given to the
people of my church as my law concerning these things. And they must