9 And again, I have called my servant ^aEdward Partridge; and I give a commandment, that he should be appointed by the voice of the church, and ordained a ^bbishop unto the church, to leave his merchandise and to ^cspend all his time in the labors of the church;

  31 And inasmuch as ye ^aimpart of your ^bsubstance unto the ^cpoor, ye will do it unto me; and they shall be ^dlaid before the ^ebishop of my church and his ^fcounselors, two of the elders, or high priests, such as he shall appoint or has appointed and ^gset apart for that purpose.

  27 And unto the ^abishop of the church, and unto such as God shall appoint and ordain to watch over the church and to be elders unto the church, are to have it given unto them to ^bdiscern all those gifts lest there shall be any among you professing and yet be not of God.

  17 And whoso standeth in this mission is appointed to be a ^ajudge in Israel, like as it was in ancient days, to ^bdivide the lands of the heritage of God unto his ^cchildren;

  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;

  88 This president is to be a ^abishop; for this is one of the duties of this priesthood.