Doctrine and Covenants 107: 20

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

SECTION 107

20 The ^apower and authority of the lesser, or ^bAaronic Priesthood, is to hold the ^ckeys of the ministering of angels, and to ^dadminister in outward ^eordinances, the letter of the gospel, the baptism of repentance for the ^fremission of sins, agreeable to the covenants and commandments.

Footnotes

20a	Lev. 7: 35. 35 ¶ This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the ^apriest’s office;
b	TG Priesthood, Aaronic.
c	D&C 13: 1. 1 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I ^aconfer the ^bPriesthood of Aaron, which holds the ^ckeys of the ministering of ^dangels, and of the gospel of ^erepentance, and of ^fbaptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of ^gLevi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in ^hrighteousness. D&C 84: 27 (26-27). 27 Which ^agospel is the gospel of ^brepentance and of ^cbaptism, and the ^dremission of sins, and the ^elaw of ^fcarnal commandments, which the Lord in his wrath caused to continue with the house of Aaron among the children of Israel until ^gJohn, whom God raised up, being ^hfilled with the Holy Ghost from his mother’s womb.
d	Num. 18: 5 (1-6). 5 And ye shall ^akeep the ^bcharge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no ^cwrath any more upon the children of Israel.
e	TG Ordinance.
f	TG Baptism. TG Remission of Sins. TG Repentance.