Doctrine and Covenants 124: 39

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

SECTION 124

39 Therefore, verily I say unto you, that your ^aanointings, and your washings, and your ^bbaptisms for the dead, and your ^csolemn assemblies, and your ^dmemorials for your ^esacrifices by the sons of Levi, and for your ^foracles in your most ^gholy places wherein you receive conversations, and your statutes and judgments, for the beginning of the revelations and foundation of Zion, and for the glory, honor, and endowment of all her municipals, are ordained by the ordinance of my holy house, which my people are always commanded to build unto my holy name.

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39a	Ex. 25: 6. 6 ^aOil for the light, ^bspices for ^canointing oil, and for sweet ^dincense, Ex. 29: 7. 7 Then shalt thou take the ^aanointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. Lev. 10: 7. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the ^aanointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. Lev. 14: 28. 28 And the priest shall put of the ^aoil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: Num. 18: 8. 8 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave ^aofferings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I ^bgiven them by reason of the ^canointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. D&C 68: 21. 21 But, by virtue of the decree concerning their right of the priesthood descending from father to son, they may claim their ^aanointing if at any time they can prove their lineage, or do ascertain it by revelation from the Lord under the ^bhands of the above named Presidency. TG Anointing.
b	TG Baptism for the Dead. TG Genealogy and Temple Work.
c	D&C 88: 70 (70, 117) 70 Tarry ye, tarry ye in this place, and call a ^asolemn assembly, even of those who are the first ^blaborers in this last kingdom. TG Solemn Assembly.
d	Ex. 12: 14 (14-17) 14 And this ^aday shall be unto you for a ^bmemorial; and ye shall keep it a ^cfeast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a ^dfeast by an ordinance ^efor ever. Lev. 2: 2 (2, 9, 16) 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord:
e	Deut. 10: 8. 8 ¶ At that time the Lord ^aseparated the tribe of ^bLevi, to ^cbear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to ^dbless in his name, unto this day. 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: 31. 31 Therefore, as I said ^aconcerning the sons of Moses—for the sons of Moses and also the sons of Aaron shall offer an acceptable ^boffering and sacrifice in the house of the Lord, which house shall be built unto the Lord in this generation, upon the consecrated ^cspot as I have appointed— D&C 128: 24. 24 Behold, the great ^aday of the Lord is at hand; and who can ^babide the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a ^crefiner’s ^dfire, and like fuller’s soap; and he shall sit as a ^erefiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of ^fLevi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an ^goffering in righteousness. Let us, therefore, as a church and a people, and as Latter-day Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness; and let us present in his holy temple, when it is finished, a book containing the ^hrecords of our dead, which shall be worthy of all acceptation. JS-H 1: 69. 69 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah, I confer the ^aPriesthood of ^bAaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of ^cbaptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth until the sons of ^dLevi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in ^erighteousness.
f	D&C 90: 4. 4 Nevertheless, through you shall the ^aoracles be given to another, yea, even unto the church.
g	Ex. 26: 33. 33 ¶ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ^aark of the testimony: and the ^bvail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most ^choly. 1 Kgs. 6: 16. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the ^aoracle, even for the most ^bholy place. Ezek. 41: 4. 4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most ^aholy place.