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The Jordan River Utah Temple is the fourth largest LDS temple (but second-largest in Utah) and has a total of 148,236 square feet (13,771.6 m2), six ordinance rooms, and seventeen sealing rooms. The temple also has the largest capacity, with each ordinance room able to accommodate 125 people. The temple site is 15 acres (61,000 m2). The exterior of the temple is finished with cast stone with white marble chips. Unlike many of the temples, which are built mostly with tithing funds, the Jordan River Utah Temple site was given to the Church and all of its construction was paid for by members in the 134 stakes within the temple district. At the time, the payment of buildings by local building funds was the established practice in the church but this was later abandoned in order to respond to the churches need for temples and church buildings in poorer areas of the world.
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