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a high priest, because he had knowledge of all the offices. If a person possessed but one 

 calling, though he excelled in the ])ower he was invested with, he was not considered a 

 high priest. 



\\'ithin the ten divisions of the priesthood smaller branches relating to it have is- 

 sued forth on account of the idol worship, and setting up of deities, wind spirits and other 

 things of varied character. In the ten offices of the order of priesthood, he who pre- 

 served the calling vested in him had a god. Each division priest had a god. No one 

 would revere the priesthood without he had a god. If priestly calling was being taught 

 by some one without a god, then knowledge of the priesthood could not be imparted by 

 such a one. 



The priesthood had certain ordinances for the training of those who desired to 

 acquire knowledge, and if an ordinance or ordinances were broken before i:)roficiency, 

 failure would result; no matter how great the effort, the knowledge of the callings of 

 the priesthood could not be obtained. Only by strict adherence to the laws of the 

 jjriesthood to the end would the result be satisfactory. 



If one had studied the priesthood under strict observance of the laws of the god of 

 the priesthood until he reached the day of offering a sacrifice and a fault happened in the 

 act of ofifering [failure resulted], for if the service was imperfect the instructor of the 

 order of priesthood could interpret its good or evil, and if the service was indeed defective 

 the instructor would say to the student: "You can not learn the priesthood." If the ser- 

 vices were faulty the instructf)r in priesthood would then remark whether they por- 

 tended some achersity or tribulation and would dismiss the student from further 

 instruction, because the knowledge gained by the instructor was obtained through the 

 services. 



2. OF THE SACRIFICE SERVICES OF THE STUDENT. 



This is a test of the priestW [cjualification] ; with a pig perhaps, or a dog, or a 

 fowl. The services must be performed in accordance with the directions of the in- 

 structor. The sacrifice services in the priesthood relates to its callings as well as to man- 

 ual laljors, such as fishing and cultivation, all of which belong to the service of the priest- 

 hood. 



A knowledge in bone-breaking, in boxing, spear-throwing and other methods of 

 fighting are shown to be efficient through the ]:)Owers of the priesthood. Many things 

 would show one's comi)etency in learning about the ])riesthood. Supposing that a per- 

 son wished to study priesthood for praying to death. That person would not attain pro- 

 ficiency by an animal, or a fowl [offering]. He would onl\- become exjjcrt in the death 

 of a human being through praying to death. That is efficiency in learning praying to 

 death. And if bone-breaking was the stud\- engaged in, its knowledge was shown in 

 the same way as that of praying to death. Efficiency, however, is not the same with all 

 instructions in ])riesthood: it is alike in some things and dififerent in others. 



3. I)I\'IN.\TION. 



From those who uphold the priesthood come various kinds of knowledge thereof, 

 and one of these is divination ( hooinaiiaiiiaiia ) : and here is the method. If a person 



