Doctrine and Covenants 68: 15

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

SECTION 68

15 Wherefore they shall be ^ahigh priests who are worthy, and they shall be appointed by the ^bFirst Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood, except they be literal descendants of ^cAaron.

Footnotes

15a	D&C 72: 1. 1 Hearken, and listen to the voice of the Lord, O ye who have assembled yourselves together, who are the ^ahigh priests of my church, to whom the ^bkingdom and power have been given.
b	D&C 81: 2. 2 Unto whom I have given the ^akeys of the kingdom, which belong always unto the ^bPresidency of the High Priesthood: D&C 107: 17 (9, 17, 22). 17 But as a high priest of the ^aMelchizedek Priesthood has authority to officiate in all the lesser offices, he may officiate in the office of ^bbishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is called and ^cset apart and ordained unto this power by the hands of the ^dPresidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
c	Lev. 1: 7. 7 And the sons of ^aAaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in ^border upon the fire: D&C 84: 30. 30 And again, the offices of ^ateacher and deacon are necessary appendages belonging to the lesser priesthood, which priesthood was confirmed upon ^bAaron and his sons. D&C 132: 59. 59 Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as was ^aAaron, by mine own voice, and by the voice of him that ^bsent me, and I have endowed him with the ^ckeys of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according to my law and by my word, he will not commit ^dsin, and I will justify him.