Doctrine and Covenants 84: 18

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

SECTION 84

18 And the Lord confirmed a ^apriesthood also upon ^bAaron and his ^cseed, throughout all their generations, which priesthood also continueth and ^dabideth forever with the priesthood which is after the holiest order of God.

Footnotes

18a	TG Priesthood, History of.
b	Ex. 40: 15 (12-15). 15 And thou shalt ^aanoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the ^bpriest’s office: for their ^canointing shall surely be ^dan ^eeverlasting ^fpriesthood throughout their ^ggenerations. Num. 16: 40. 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no ^astranger, which is not of the seed of ^bAaron, come near to offer ^cincense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses. 2 Chr. 26: 18. 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It ^aappertaineth ^bnot unto thee, Uzziah, to ^cburn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of ^dAaron, that are consecrated to burn ^eincense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God. D&C 68: 18. 18 No man has a legal right to this office, to hold the keys of this priesthood, except he be a ^aliteral descendant and the firstborn of Aaron. D&C 107: 13 (13-16, 70-76). 13 The second priesthood is called the Priesthood of ^aAaron, because it was conferred upon Aaron and his seed, throughout all their generations.
c	Lev. 8: 13. 13 And Moses brought Aaron’s ^asons, ^band put coats upon them, and ^cgirded them with girdles, and put ^dbonnets upon them; as the Lord commanded Moses. D&C 84: 6 (6-26, 33-41). 6 ^aAnd the ^bsons of Moses, according to the Holy Priesthood which he received under the ^chand of his father-in-law, ^dJethro;
d	Num. 25: 13. 13 And he shall have it, and his ^aseed after him, even the ^bcovenant of an everlasting ^cpriesthood; because he was ^dzealous for his God, and made an ^eatonement for the children of Israel. 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.