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Doctrine and Convenants: 75. Revelation through Joseph Smith, Amherst, Ohio, January 25, 1832.

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This is Section 75 of the Doctrine and Covenants, a canonized scriptural text of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, presented as a series of direct revelations from God to Joseph Smith (January 1832). The text belongs to the tradition of prophetic revelation literature and functions as a set of specific missionary assignments, dispatching named elders to various regions (east, west, south) to preach the gospel. A central practical concern runs throughout: the church is commanded to financially support the families of men sent out on missions, ensuring that family obligation does not prevent missionary service. The text also addresses conduct — missionaries should bless receptive households and symbolically condemn rejecting ones, with the warning that rejecting households will face harsher judgment than "the heathen." A notable claim is the direct, individualized nature of divine address: specific men are named, corrected, reassigned, and paired as missionary companions, lending the document a strikingly administrative character alongside its theological register. The section closes by pairing eighteen named individuals into missionary companionships, reading almost like an organizational roster delivered as scripture.

Doctrine and Convenants: 75. Revelation through Joseph Smith, Amherst, Ohio, January 25, 1832.

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