>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/83?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#12e53::c12e53) | [Historical Resources](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/doctrine-and-covenants-historical-resources-2025/30?lang=eng) | [JS Papers](https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/revelation-30-april-1832-dc-83) | [CFM 2025 (Ch 81-83)](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-home-and-church-doctrine-and-covenants-2025/30-doctrine-and-covenants-81-83?lang=eng) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet at Independence, Missouri, on April 30, 1832, to Church leaders in council addressing welfare provisions amid establishing Zion. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God teaches that families should take care of each other, like husbands helping wives and parents helping kids, and if someone dies, the church will help them too. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The revelation outlines the responsibilities for supporting women and children within families and the Church, stating that women have claim upon their husbands for maintenance until death, after which faithful widows may claim support from the Church if not remarried [[Sections 83#1|v1-3]] — claims of women and widows.[[Sections 83#2|]][[Sections 83#3|]] It further explains that children have claim upon their parents for support until maturity, and orphans have claim upon the Church if their parents die without leaving an inheritance [[Sections 83#4|v4-6]] — claims of children and orphans.[[Sections 83#5|]][[Sections 83#6|]] These teachings emphasize communal welfare and family duties as part of the law of consecration. > >#Gospel/FamilyResponsibilities #Gospel/Charity #Gospel/Welfare ###### 1 1 Verily, thus saith the Lord, in addition to the laws of the church concerning women and children, those who belong to the church, who have lost their husbands or fathers: ###### 2 2 Women have claim on their husbands for their maintenance, until their husbands are taken; and if they are not found transgressors they shall have fellowship in the church. ###### 3 3 And if they are not faithful they shall not have fellowship in the church; yet they may remain upon their inheritances according to the laws of the land. ###### 4 4 All children have claim upon their parents for their maintenance until they are of age. ###### 5 5 And after that, they have claim upon the church, or in other words upon the Lord's storehouse, if their parents have not wherewith to give them inheritances. ###### 6 6 And the storehouse shall be kept by the consecrations of the church; and widows and orphans shall be provided for, as also the poor. Amen.