>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/37?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#12e25::c12e25) | [Historical Resources](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/doctrine-and-covenants-historical-resources-2025/17?lang=eng) | [JS Papers](https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/revelation-30-december-1830-dc-37) | [CFM 2025 (Ch 37-40)](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-home-and-church-doctrine-and-covenants-2025/17-doctrine-and-covenants-37-40?lang=eng) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Revelation given by the Lord through Joseph Smith to Joseph and Sidney Rigdon near Fayette, New York, in December 1830, as the first commandment for the Church to gather amid persecution. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God told Joseph Smith and his friend Sidney to stop working on the Bible for a bit and move with the church friends to a new place called Ohio, where they would be safe and learn more. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The Lord commands Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon to temporarily cease translating the Bible and gather the Church to Ohio for protection and further instructions, marking the first revelation on gathering in this dispensation. This directive emphasizes obedience to divine guidance amid growing opposition in New York. [[D&C 37#1|v1-2]][[D&C 37#2|]] — command to gather; [[D&C 37#3|v3-4]][[D&C 37#4|]] — instructions on timing and preparation. > >#Gospel/Gathering #Gospel/Revelation #Gospel/Obedience ###### 1 1 Behold, I say unto you that it is not expedient in me that ye should translate any more until ye shall go to the Ohio, and this because of the enemy and for your sakes. ###### 2 2 And again, I say unto you that ye shall not go until ye have preached my gospel in those parts, and have strengthened up the church whithersoever it is found, and more especially in Colesville; for, behold, they pray unto me in much faith. ###### 3 3 And again, a commandment I give unto the church, that it is expedient in me that they should assemble together at the Ohio, against the time that my servant Oliver Cowdery shall return unto them. ###### 4 4 Behold, here is wisdom, and let every man choose for himself until I come. Even so. Amen.