In Mormon 8:14 it reads, “And I am the same who hideth up this record unto the Lord; the plates thereof are of no worth, because of the commandment of the Lord. For he truly saith that no one shall have them to get gain; but the record thereof is of great worth; and whoso shall bring it to light, him will the Lord bless.” Moroni, as a resurrected being, visited Joseph Smith in 1823 and instructed him about the plates. Young Joseph, who said he’d been tempted by the monetary value of the gold plates because his family was so poor, was forbidden to take them until he was ready to do the work of…