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And it came to pass that Moses did take aside all those that had been set apart to lead the people, and unto these he did say:
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Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall instruct your children to observe to do, all the words of the Torah;
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For it is not a vain thing for you because it is your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, when ye go over Jordan to possess it.
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¶ And it shall come to pass that when ye do settle in the land of promise, ye shall seek out wise men and women in every city, who love righteousness, and hate iniquity;
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They who seek to do the Torah of יהוה (YHVH) and know its righteousness shall be ordained Elders.
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And these shall be they who shall govern and instruct as they shall be appointed, for these shall be the leaders of this people.
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¶ And the Elders shall read the Torah all the days of their lives, that they may instruct the people therein, to keep it;
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And this that they may be able to serve Israel, even as they shall be appointed.
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¶ And so it shall be that the Elders shall instruct the people in the Torah and to keep the Sabbath in their assemblies;
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And they shall visit the sick, the poor, and the needy, and give comfort unto all who are distressed, and counsel to those who ask of them.
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¶ And none shall take upon themself the honor of the kehunnah of יהוה (YHVH); neither shalt thou confer this honor on any but they whom יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, shall call.
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For none shall administer in the name of Ha’Elohim but they who are called by the spirit of prophecy and revelation, that the will of Ha’Elohim be known,
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¶ And so it shall be that they shall be set apart unto their call by the hands of those upon whom the authority of His name is sealed.
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And whosoever is called by the Voice to the power splendor shall be anointed and ordained by the hands of those who stand in the power splendor of that same call:
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But they that are first, by the malakim of Ha’Elohim; that they may have all the gifts;
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Even wisdom and knowledge, faith and truth, revelation and prophecy; and whatsoever gift is good for the congregation of יהוה (YHVH) our Elohim:
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That they may be able to have authority in righteousness: and they for their several callings, among the congregation.
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¶ And so it shall be that all they who are called to administer at the altar, and in sacraments and ceremonies, shall be consecrated and set apart by the hands of those in like authority, according to the calling of Ha’Elohim, for their ministry.
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And all they who do consecrate another to the kehunnah of יהוה (YHVH), and the authority of HaShem, יהוה (YHVH) shall, with hands upon their heads, and by the Voice, declare and seal upon them the name and authority of יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim; even unto that kehunnah unto which they do consecrate them.