Numbers 35:31 Moreover ye shall take no
satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death; but he shall be surely put to death.
DC 99:1a This day a general council of twenty-four high priests assembled at the house of Joseph Smith, Jr., by revelation, and proceeded to organize the high council of the church of Christ, which was to consist of twelve high priests, and one or three presidents, as the case might require.