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The twelve Apostles shall select seventy Elders, chosen men, faithful in the ministry of the Word, to preach the Gospel, under their direction, unto all people.
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¶ One of the Seventy shall they appoint Chief: he shall be first in their assembly, and shall set them in order.
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¶ Other Seventies may the Apostles choose, until there shall be seven Seventies;
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And one shall be appointed Chief of each Seventy, to set his fellows in order, and to be first in their assembly.
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¶ The Seventies shall labor in the ministry of the word, and of sacraments and ordinances, one-fourth of their time; and continually, if their households do not lack bread and raiment.
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¶ They shall have jurisdiction by appointment of the Apostles; and shall be Chief in the Churches they build up.
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¶ When they have labored faithfully, they shall have rest, and a goodly inheritance among the just;
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But if they come short in the ministry whereunto they are called, their power shall be taken from them.
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¶ The Chief of the Apostles shall be the prince and Grand Master of the Seventies: unto him shall they all give heed.