Doctrine and Covenants 97: 15

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

SECTION 97

15 And inasmuch as my people ^abuild a ^bhouse unto me in the ^cname of the Lord, and do not suffer any ^dunclean thing to come into it, that it be not defiled, my ^eglory shall rest upon it;

Footnotes

15a	2 Chr. 2: 4. 4 Behold, I ^abuild an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual ^bshewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
b	TG Temple.
c	1 Kgs. 8: 29. 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this ^ahouse night and day, even toward the ^bplace of which thou hast said, My ^cname shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the ^dprayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
d	D&C 94: 9. 9 But if there shall come into it any ^aunclean thing, my glory shall not be there; and my presence shall not come into it. D&C 109: 20. 20 And that no ^aunclean thing shall be permitted to come into thy house to ^bpollute it; D&C 110: 8 (7-8). 8 Yea, I will ^aappear unto my servants, and speak unto them with mine own voice, if my people will keep my commandments, and do not ^bpollute this ^choly house.
e	2 Chr. 5: 14 (13-14). 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the ^acloud: for the ^bglory of the Lord had filled the house of God. Hag. 2: 7. 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall ^acome: and I will fill this house with ^bglory, saith the Lord of hosts. D&C 84: 5 (4-5, 31). 5 For verily this generation shall not all ^apass away until an ^bhouse shall be built unto the Lord, and a ^ccloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the ^dglory of the Lord, which shall fill the house. TG Glory.