SECTION
91
[Kirtland
D&C 83, LDS D&C 94]
Instruction
given through Joseph Smith, Jr., prophet and seer to the church, at
Kirtland, Ohio, on May 6, 1833, the same day that the preceding
revelation was received.
1a.
And again, verily I say unto you, my friends, A commandment I give
unto you, that ye shall commence a work of laying out and preparing a
beginning and foundation of the city of the stake of Zion, here in
the land of Kirtland, beginning at my house; and, behold, it must be
done according to the pattern which I have given unto you.
1b.
And let the first lot on the south be consecrated unto me for the
building of an house for the Presidency, for the work of the
Presidency, in obtaining revelations, and for the work of the
ministry of the Presidency, in all things pertaining to the church
and kingdom.
2a.
Verily I say unto you, that it shall be built fifty-five by
sixty-five feet in the width thereof, and in the length thereof, in
the inner court; and there shall be a lower court, and a higher
court, according to the pattern which shall be given unto you
hereafter;
2b.
and it shall be dedicated unto the Lord from the foundation thereof,
according to the order of the priesthood, according to the pattern
which shall be given unto you hereafter; and it shall be wholly
dedicated unto the Lord for the work of the Presidency.
2c.
And you shall not suffer any unclean thing to come in unto it; and my
glory shall be there, and my presence shall be there; but if there
shall come into it any unclean thing, my glory shall not be there,
and my presence shall not come into it.
3a.
And again, verily I say unto you, The second lot on the south shall
be dedicated unto me, for the building of an house unto me, for the
work of the printing of the translation of my Scriptures, and all
things whatsoever I shall command you;
3b.
and it shall be fifty-five by sixty-five feet in the width thereof,
and the length thereof, in the inner court; and there shall be a
lower and a higher court;
3c.
and this house shall be wholly dedicated unto the Lord from the
foundation thereof, for the work of the printing, in all things
whatsoever I shall command you, to be holy, undefiled, according to
the pattern, in all things, as it shall be given unto you.
4a.
And on the third lot shall my servant Hyrum Smith receive his
inheritance.
4b.
And on the first and second lots, on the north, shall my servants
Reynolds Cahoon and Jared Carter receive their inheritance, that they
may do the work which I have appointed unto them, to be a committee
to build mine houses, according to the commandments which I, the Lord
God, have given unto you.
4c.
These two houses are not to be built until I give unto you a
commandment concerning them.
5. And
now I give unto you no more at this time. Amen.
