THE FIRST BOOK OF SHI-TUGO

Ammonites dedicate homes, fields, and possessions in a ceremonial manner. Families participate in prayers and incense offerings to mark the commitment.

1Behold, all of the ceremonies and ordinances of the Ammonites are oblations unto their God, who is the God of Heaven, the God of Abraham, yea, and of all our forefathers. And they do strengthen each other and the community by their performance. And when they offer up their oblations and their sacrifices before God, behold, He doth bless them exceedingly and they do prosper both temporally and spiritually. And their spiritual prosperity is demonstrated by the uprightness of those young men who went with the Nephites into battle and were preserved, every one, by the Lord.

2Now, so great was their love of the Lord, the people of Ammon did also dedicate many things unto Him and into service of Him. Yea, they did dedicate their houses and their fields unto Him in a sacred manner. And this is the sacred manner in which they did dedicate houses, shops, fields and other possessions unto the Lord.

3When a good wife of a household wishes to dedicate her home unto the Lord for His specific purposes, she gathers her family together. And she takes up the sacred herbs and strikes fire to them in a bowl before all the guests. And she raises the incense in the sacred directions praying unto God in a most fervent manner. And in the prayer she dedicates her home unto the Lord and unto His workings.

4And likewise does a man when he dedicates his shop or his fields. And also does the man of the Ammonites dedicate his tools and his animals to the workings of the Lord and His purposes. And behold, they do all these things in the name of the Son, and they do honor the Father of Heaven and the Mother of all Living in all that they do.