Joseph Smith copied Freemasonry

Mormon temple worship shares an extensive commonality of symbols, signs, vocabulary and clothing with Freemasonry, including robes, aprons, handshakes, ritualistic raising of the arms, etc. Even the symbols on LDS temple garments precisely the same the major symbols of a Freemason, which are tools of a stone mason. Where did mormonism get these?

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