“‘Joseph Smith received the same Urim and Thummim had by the Brother of Jared,’ wrote Elder Bruce R. McConkie, ‘for it was the one expressly provided for the translation of the Jaredite and Nephite records. (D&C 10:1; D&C 17:1; Ether 3:22–28.) [Mormon Doctrine, 818.]’ Hence, in September 1823 the angel Moroni, in terms consistent with the descriptions above, informed the Prophet that ‘there were two stones in silver bows—and these stones, fastened to a breastplate, constituted what is called the Urim and Thummim—deposited with the plates; and the possession and use of these stones were what constituted seers in ancient or former times; and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book’” (Nyman, Most Correct Book, 16–17).