12 And again, verily I say unto you, how shall your washings be acceptable unto me, except ye perform them in a house which you have built to my name? For, for this cause I commanded Moses that he should build a tabernacle, that they should bear it with them in the wilderness, and to build a house in the land of promise, that those ordinances might be revealed, which had been hid from before the world was; therefore verily I say unto you, that your , and your , and your baptisms for the dead, and your , and your memorials for your sacrifices, by the sons of Levi, and for your oracles in your most holy places, wherein you receive conversations, and your statutes, and judgments, for the beginning of the revelations and foundation of Zion, and for the glory, honor, and of all her municipals, are ordained by the ordinance of my holy house, which my people are always commanded to build unto my holy name.

13 And verily I say unto you let this be built unto my name, that I may reveal mine ordinances therein unto my people; for I deign to reveal unto my , things which have been kept hid from before the foundation of the world; things that pertain to the dispensation of the fulness of times; and I will shew unto my servant Joseph, all things pertaining to this , and the priesthood thereof, and the place whereon it shall be built; and you shall build it on the place where you have contemplated building it; for that is the spot which I have chosen for you to build it. If you labour with all your mights, I will consecrate that spot, that it shall be made holy; and if my people will hearken unto [p. 4]