“The Priests… Should Labor with Their Own Hands”
This is the pattern which had been exemplified by King Benjamin (see Mosiah 2:14) and no doubt by previous spiritual leaders among the Nephites, a pattern also common to the Old World. “Every Jewish boy, whether carpenter’s son, peasant’s child, or rabbi’s heir, was required to learn and follow a practical and productive vocation” (Talmage, Jesus the Christ, p. 112). Our Lord himself, the great High Priest, followed that tradition (see Mark 6:3). In the Lord’s Church, those who are the greatest among the people seek to be the least and the servant of all (Mark 10:43-44; D&C 50:26).
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