13  For I have consecrated the land of Kirtland in mine own due time for the benefit of the saints of the Most High, and for a stake to Zion.

  18  And also that other places should be appointed for ^astakes in the regions round about, as they shall be manifested unto my servant Joseph, from time to time.

  6  And that the gathering together upon the land of Zion, and upon her ^cstakes, may be for a defense, and for a refuge from the storm, and from wrath when it shall be poured out without mixture upon the whole earth.