>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/54?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#12e36::c12e36) | [Historical Resources](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/doctrine-and-covenants-historical-resources-2025/22?lang=eng) | [JS Papers](https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/revelation-10-june-1831-dc-54) | [CFM 2025 (Ch 51-57)](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-home-and-church-doctrine-and-covenants-2025/22-doctrine-and-covenants-51-57?lang=eng) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Revelation given through Joseph Smith to Newel Knight in Kirtland, Ohio, on June 10, 1831, addressing Church members in Thompson facing disputes over property consecration after Leman Copley reneged on his covenant. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God told some friends to leave a farm where a man broke his promise to share, and to travel to a new place to live kindly and work together. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Due to divisions over property consecration and Leman Copley's broken covenant, the Lord commands the Saints in Thompson, Ohio, to forsake worldly cares, stand firm in their callings, and journey to Missouri as a new place of gathering. [[D&C 54#1|v1-6]] — rebuke for unfaithfulness and call to humility; [[D&C 54#7|v7-10]] — instruction to appoint leaders and flee to the west for safety and inheritance. This revelation emphasizes obedience, unity, and the law of consecration amid greed and covenant-breaking. > >#Gospel/Consecration #Gospel/Obedience #Gospel/GatheringOfIsrael ###### 1 1 Behold, thus saith the Lord, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, even he who was crucified for the sins of the world-- ###### 2 2 Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, my servant Newel Knight, you shall stand fast in the office whereunto I have appointed you. ###### 3 3 And if your brethren desire to escape their enemies, let them repent of all their sins, and become truly humble before me and contrite. ###### 4 4 And as the covenant which they made unto me has been broken, even so it has become void and of none effect. ###### 5 5 And wo to him by whom this offense cometh, for it had been better for him that he had been drowned in the depth of the sea. ###### 6 6 But blessed are they who have kept the covenant and observed the commandment, for they shall obtain mercy. ###### 7 7 Wherefore, go to now and flee the land, lest your enemies come upon you; and take your journey, and appoint whom you will to be your leader, and to pay moneys for you. ###### 8 8 And thus you shall take your journey into the regions westward, unto the land of Missouri, unto the borders of the Lamanites. ###### 9 9 And after you have done journeying, behold, I say unto you, seek ye a living like unto men, until I prepare a place for you. ###### 10 10 And again, be patient in tribulation until I come; and, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, and they who have sought me early shall find rest to their souls. Even so. Amen.