Doctrine and Covenants 20: 83

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

SECTION 20

83 And also, if any have been ^aexpelled from the church, so that their names may be blotted out of the general church ^brecord of names.

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83a

Ex. 32: 33.

33 And the Lord said unto Moses, ^aWhosoever hath ^bsinned against me, him will I ^cblot out of my ^dbook.

Deut. 9: 14.

14 Let me alone, that I may ^adestroy them, and ^bblot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Ps. 109: 13.

13 Let his ^aposterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be ^bblotted out.

Alma 5: 57.

57 And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow the voice of the ^agood shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye ^bseparate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be ^cblotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people;

Moro. 6: 7.

7 And they were strict to observe that there should be ^ano iniquity among them; and whoso was found to commit iniquity, and ^bthree witnesses of the church did condemn them before the ^celders, and if they repented not, and ^dconfessed not, their names were ^eblotted out, and they were not ^fnumbered among the people of Christ.

TG Excommunication.

TG Record Keeping.