26  For this shall be a law unto the inhabitants of Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized.

  13  For I have consecrated the land of Kirtland in mine own due time for the benefit of the saints of the Most High, and for a stake to Zion.

  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 ^bstake of Zion, here in the land of Kirtland, beginning at my house.

  1  Behold, I say unto you, here is wisdom, whereby ye may know how to act concerning this matter, for it is expedient in me that this ^astake that I have set for the strength of Zion should be made strong.

  59  We ask thee to appoint unto Zion other ^astakes besides this one which thou hast appointed, that the gathering of thy people may roll on in great power and majesty, that thy work may be cut short in righteousness.