Doctrine and Covenants 77: 11

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

SECTION 77

11 Q. What are we to understand by sealing the one ^ahundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel—twelve thousand out of every tribe?
A. We are to understand that those who are sealed are ^bhigh priests, ordained unto the holy order of God, to administer the everlasting gospel; for they are they who are ordained out of every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, by the angels to whom is given power over the nations of the earth, to bring as many as will come to the church of the ^cFirstborn.

Footnotes

11a	Rev. 7: 4 (1-8). 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an ^ahundred and forty and four thousand of all the ^btribes of the children of ^cIsrael. Rev. 14: 3. 3 And they sung as it were a new ^asong before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
b	TG High Priest—Melchizedek Priesthood.
c	D&C 76: 54 (54, 67, 71, 102). 54 They are they who are the ^achurch of the ^bFirstborn. TG Jesus Christ, Firstborn.