Some revelations were altered to employ code names when they were included in the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants in order to protect the identity of people and places. These code names were used in sections 77, 81, 89, 93, 101, and 102.
While the code names may have been necessary at the time, they no longer are. At this point they are relics which make reading the sections a bit more difficult. In light of this, I decided to revert the code names back to their original names in the text itself. This is the only change that I have made to the text.
I have catalogued all of the changes, linked to the verses they can be found at, and then linked to where they can be found in earliest extant copy of the revelation.
Note: In the official Spanish version the church has already changed the places, names, and actions to their original meaning.
Alam = Edward Partridge
Baneemy = mine elders
Cainhannoch = New York
Horah = John Whitmer
Lane-shine-house = the printing office in Kirtland, Ohio
Mahalaleel = Sidney Gilbert
Location / word in current version of D&C
Word in earliest source
Ozondah = Newel K. Whitney’s white mercantile store in Kirtland, Ohio
Location / word in current version of D&C
Word in earliest source