Unit 53

ordained

6 occurrences in 5 verses

Alma 13:1, 2, 3, 6, 8

Alma 13:1

And again, my brethren, I would cite your minds forward to the time

when the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children;

and I would that ye should remember

that the Lord God ordained priests, after his holy order,

which was after the order of his Son,

to teach these things unto the people.

Alma 13:2

And those priests were ordained after the order of his Son,

in a manner that thereby the people might know

in what manner to look forward to his Son for redemption.

Alma 13:3

And this is the manner after which they were ordained —

being called and prepared from the foundation of the world

according to the foreknowledge of God,

on account of their exceeding faith and good works;

in the first place being left to choose good or evil;

therefore they having chosen good, and exercising exceedingly great faith,

are called with a holy calling,

yea, with that holy calling which was prepared

with, and according to, a preparatory redemption for such.

Alma 13:6

And thus being called by this holy calling,

and ordained unto the high priesthood of the holy order of God,

to teach his commandments unto the children of men,

that they also might enter into his rest —

Alma 13:8

Now they were ordained after this manner —

being called with a holy calling, and ordained with a holy ordinance,

and taking upon them the high priesthood of the holy order,

which calling, and ordinance, and high priesthood, is without beginning or end —