>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/94?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#12e5e::c12e5e) | [Historical Resources](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/doctrine-and-covenants-historical-resources-2025/36?lang=eng) | [JS Papers](https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/revelation-2-august-1833-b-dc-94) | [CFM 2025 (Ch 94-97)](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-home-and-church-doctrine-and-covenants-2025/36-doctrine-and-covenants-94-97?lang=eng) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet at Kirtland, Ohio, on August 2, 1833, to Church leaders, amid efforts to establish Zion and build up the Church through sacred structures. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God asked some good people to build special houses in a town called Kirtland—one for leaders to work and pray, and another for printing important books—and He picked three men to help make sure it gets done right. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The Lord commands the construction of two sacred buildings in Kirtland: a house for the work of the presidency to receive revelations and minister [[D&C 94#1|v1-9]] — description of presidency house and its purpose; and a house for printing translations and revelations [[D&C 94#10|v10-12]] — printing house details. He emphasizes building the temple first and appoints Hyrum Smith, Reynolds Cahoon, and Jared Carter as the committee to oversee the work without debt [[D&C 94#13|v13-17]] — committee appointment and instructions. These revelations highlight the importance of sacred spaces for Church administration, revelation, and publishing God's word. > >#Gospel/Temples #Gospel/ChurchOrganization #Gospel/Revelation ###### 1 1 And again, verily I say unto you, my friends, a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall commence a work of laying out and preparing a beginning and foundation of the city of the stake of Zion, here in the land of Kirtland, beginning at my house. ###### 2 2 And behold, it must be done according to the pattern which I have given unto you. ###### 3 3 And let the first lot on the south be consecrated unto me for the building of a house for the presidency, for the work of the presidency, in obtaining revelations; and for the work of the ministry of the presidency, in all things pertaining to the church and kingdom. ###### 4 4 Verily I say unto you, that it shall be built fifty-five by sixty-five feet in the width thereof and in the length thereof, in the inner court. ###### 5 5 And there shall be a lower court and a higher court, according to the pattern which shall be given unto you hereafter. ###### 6 6 And it shall be dedicated unto the Lord from the foundation thereof, according to the order of the priesthood, according to the pattern which shall be given unto you hereafter. ###### 7 7 And it shall be wholly dedicated unto the Lord for the work of the presidency. ###### 8 8 And ye shall not suffer any unclean thing to come in unto it; and my glory shall be there, and my presence shall be there. ###### 9 9 But if there shall come into it any unclean thing, my glory shall not be there; and my presence shall not come into it. ###### 10 10 And again, verily I say unto you, the second lot on the south shall be dedicated unto me for the building of a house unto me, for the work of the printing of the translation of my scriptures, and all things whatsoever I shall command you. ###### 11 11 And it shall be fifty-five by sixty-five feet in the width thereof and the length thereof, in the inner court; and there shall be a lower and a higher court. ###### 12 12 And this house shall be wholly dedicated unto the Lord from the foundation thereof, for the work of the printing, in all things whatsoever I shall command you, to be holy, undefiled, according to the pattern in all things as it shall be given unto you. ###### 13 13 And on the third lot shall my servant Hyrum Smith receive his inheritance. ###### 14 14 And on the first and second lots on the north shall my servants Reynolds Cahoon and Jared Carter receive their inheritances-- ###### 15 15 That they may do the work which I have appointed unto them, to be a committee to build mine houses, according to the commandment, which I, the Lord God, have given unto you. ###### 16 16 These two houses are not to be built until I give unto you a commandment concerning them. ###### 17 17 And now I give unto you no more at this time. Amen.