Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]

chastisement; because they did not  hearken all together unto the precepts  & commandments

Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...

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which I gave un to them. But verily I say unto  you, that I have decreed a decree  which my people shall realize inas much as they hearken from this  hour unto the counsil which <I> the  Lord their God shall give unto  them. Behold, they shall, for I  have decreed it, begin to preva il against mine enemies; from  this verry hour, & by hearkening to  observe all the words which I the  Lord their God shall speak unto  them, they shall never cease to pre vail untill the kingdoms of the  world, are subdued under my feet, [p. [8]]