Doctrine and Covenants 107: 16

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 107

16 No man has a legal right to this office, to hold the keys of this priesthood, except he be a ^aliteral descendant of ^bAaron.

Footnotes

16a

Ex. 40: 15 (12-15).

15 And thou shalt ^aanoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the ^bpriest’s office: for their ^canointing shall surely be ^dan ^eeverlasting ^fpriesthood throughout their ^ggenerations.

D&C 68: 16 (14-24).

16 And if they be literal descendants of ^aAaron they have a legal right to the bishopric, if they are the ^bfirstborn among the sons of Aaron;

D&C 84: 18 (18, 30).

18 And the Lord confirmed a ^apriesthood also upon ^bAaron and his ^cseed, throughout all their generations, which priesthood also continueth and ^dabideth forever with the priesthood which is after the holiest order of God.

D&C 107: 69 (68-78).

69 Nevertheless a ^abishop must be chosen from the High ^bPriesthood, unless he is a ^cliteral descendant of Aaron;

Neh. 11: 22.

22 The ^aoverseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.