Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'families' occurs 220 times in the standard works.

118 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'families' in the standard works and contain 53.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 54 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 26:34-44 (11 in 11 verses)

Num. 4:36-42 (7 in 7 verses)

Num. 4:40-46 (7 in 7 verses)

Num. 3:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 1:41-2:1 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 75:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)


Num. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

 26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

 26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

 26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

 26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.




Num. 26:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 21:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 36:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 21:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

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