Thus saith the LORD God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.” –Ezekiel 37:19 KJV
The 5 Books of Moses is a divinely inspired translation of the plates of brass that began March 8, 2018. (If you are unfamiliar with the plates of brass, Mormon Rescue has made a video covering them here.) Being awoken around 2 am, I was given the first few chapters of the Book of Melchizedek. In 2019, I was told to begin translating, among other things, these 5 Books of Moses. Less than a year later, the work was completed. The plates of brass are a part of the “coat of many colors” Jacob gave his son Joseph. These writings of Moses are a part of the stick of Ephraim that is to be put with the stick of Judah. This is why it was written on brass in Egyptian, the language of Joseph of Egypt, because it was not for all of the tribes.
The seal or “title page” reads:
To the descendants of Joseph, to be kept hidden from the World until the Last Days: By the Power of YHVH, these Plates of Brass shall not perish, neither shall they be dimmed by time; but YHVH Elohim shall preserve these Words to go forth unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people from the mouths of those who are of the seed of Joseph; and even as Joseph fed Israel and kept them safe from famine in a strange land, these plates must be preserved that Israel may eat of the Word of God in the famine that shall be found the Last Days.
“To those charged to keep these records: keep them safe, keep them hidden until Fullness of Times; for in them are the manna to feed Israel, and in them are the coat of many colors preserved unto the seed of our father, Joseph, as given Him by his Father, Jacob; and in Israel is found the straight path to YHVH Elohim.
“Israel be blessed, for in YHVH is our salvation found, throughout all time and for all eternity: Amen.”
A few things of note regarding this translation:
To see and translate these plates, I first put myself into a meditative state using Kabbalistic techniques. I was then taken in vision to a cave lit by fire light. Once within the cave, on a table rested the plates of brass. They are a dark, copper-brass color with Egyptian writings and symbols shining brightly as if they were freshly carved. These become Hebrew words with no vowels as light above them, written is fire. Above this are English words, or words written in English letters. I then seek the power of God to see through these three layers of writing to translate the documents. I have to work this out in my mind, feeling what is correct. When it is correct, I feel the burning in my bosom, and with peace in my heart write the translation and move on. When I would get stuck, I put the Hebrew or the English version of the Hebrew into the internet to get different meanings to help with the translation. Other times I would feel inspired to read passages from certain books that help clarify a meaning so I can translate properly. It is an active process that I wrestle with in the Lord.
The books do not have chapters. I find things that help me break it up into a more modern style for ease of study. In First, Second and Third Moses, the chapter headers are on the plates. I uses these as “breaks” to create chapters.
Fourth Moses is also broken up by these phrases I used as chapter headers, and they have additional breaks. These make the book appear to be a collection of five books:
- The Book of Testimony
- The Torah of the Tabernacle
- The Chereb of Moses
- The Wisdom of Zipporah
- The Law of Moses
The Wisdom of Zipporah appears to be the writings of Moses’ wife, the prophetess Zipporah, as collected by Moses.
The first four books, on the plates, are simply titled, “The Book of Moses.” I added the numbers. Fifth Moses is actually titled, “The Book of the Law of the Lord.” It only had three “headers,” which were used to to break the book into three sections. I created the chapter headers for Fifth Moses by inspiration, dividing into the current chapters based on the content, Deuteronomy, and inspiration. As presented in the Plates of Brass, these are:
- Chapters 1-7 (The Book of Instructions)
- Chapters 8-29 (The Law of the Land)
- Chapters 30-32 (Blessings and Curses).
You may read the 5 Books of Moses in a free PDF here, or buy a copy on Amazon here.
And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel, my father Lehi took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, and he did search them from the beginning. And he beheld that they did contain the five books of Moses, which gave an account of the creation of the world…” -1 Nephi 1:158-159 RAV, 5:10-511a OPV
