What is the significance of the right hand?

Thomas R. Valletta

“There are numerous passages in the scriptures referring to the right hand, indicating that it is a symbol of righteousness and was used in the making of covenants. … The right hand or side is called the dexter and the left the sinister. Dexter connotes something favorable; sinister, something unfavorable or unfortunate” (Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, 1:157–58).

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