Today's Favorite Verse: Exodus 34:1-2

Today's Favorite Verse: Exodus 34:1-2
"And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount."

The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible reveals more on these verses.

"And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two other tables of stone like unto the first, and I will write upon them also the words of the law, according as they were written at the first on the tables which thou brakest; but it shall not be according to the first, for I will take away the priesthood out of their midst; therefore, my holy order and the ordinances thereof shall not go before them; for my presence shall not go up in their midst, lest I destroy them.
But I will give unto them the law as at the first, but it shall be after the law of a carnal commandment; for I have sworn in my wrath that they shall not enter into my presence, into my rest, in the days of their pilgrimage. Therefore do as I have commanded thee; and be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto Mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount."
(JST Exodus 34:1-2)

I wondered if the higher Melchizedek priesthood was taken from them did that mean that Moses only had the Aaronic priesthood? Then I read that all prophets have the Melchizedek priesthood and are ordained by God himself. Other than prophets holding the Melchizedek priesthood it wasn't until the Savior chose his twelve apostles and ordained them to the Melchizedek priesthood. After the death of the apostles and the apostasy it was lost until Peter, James and John appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and restored the Melchizedek Priesthood.

"The Prophet Joseph Smith clarified the relationship between the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods: “Answer to the question, Was the Priesthood of Melchizedek taken away when Moses died? All Priesthood is Melchizedek, but there are different portions or degrees of it. That portion which brought Moses to speak with God face to face was taken away; but that which brought the ministry of angels remained. All the prophets had the Melchizedek Priesthood and were ordained by God himself.” (Teachings, pp. 180–81.)
The Prophet Joseph Smith also taught, “Although there are two Priesthoods, yet the Melchisedek Priesthood comprehends the Aaronic or Levitical Priesthood, and is the grand head, and holds the highest authority which pertains to the Priesthood, and the keys of the Kingdom of God in all ages of the world to the latest posterity on the earth, and is the channel through which all knowledge, doctrine, the plan of salvation, and every important matter is revealed from heaven” (History of the Church, 4:207; see also D&C 107:14).
(Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual, "Section 107, The Organization of Priesthood Quorums")

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