DC 99:7 Whenever a high council of the church of Christ is regularly organized, according to the
foregoing pattern, it shall be the duty of the twelve councilors to cast lots by numbers, and thereby ascertain who, of the twelve, shall speak first, commencing with number 1; and so in succession to number 12.
DC 99:11a The high priests, when abroad, have power to call and organize a council after the manner of the
foregoing, to settle difficulties when the parties, or either of them, shall request it;
DC 121:6a The
foregoing was accepted as proper instruction, and the conference acted upon it as such; but the word received was not presented to the quorums, nor acted upon by them as is the usual custom of the church in regard to revelations received for the guidance of the church.
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