I disagree with Bushman on that.iWriteStuff wrote: ↑October 22nd, 2022, 8:41 pmRead “Rough Stone Rolling”? After he lost the 116 pages, apparently Moroni took away the plates and the Urim and Thummim. The majority of the remaining translation happened sans U&T or even the golden plates themselves.CuriousThinker wrote: ↑October 22nd, 2022, 7:04 pm I do not believe Joseph looked in a hat. I believe that he used the Urim and Thummim to translate just as Joseph said and as had been prepared for him with the golden plates. I do not believe he used a brown stone.
He didn't translate during that time bit waited to receive them back. Once he did, he resumed translating.