Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cover' occurs 84 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cover' in the standard works and contain 13.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 4:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 32:7 (2 in 1 verse)


Num. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:




1 Kgs. 7:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 68 297 365
Gen. 0 9 9
Ex. 8 30 38
Lev. 3 36 39
Num. 7 22 29
Deut. 2 4 6
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 0 4 4
Ruth 0 2 2
1 Sam. 1 10 11
2 Sam. 0 8 8
1 Kgs. 3 9 12
2 Kgs. 0 16 16
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 2 3 5
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 0 2 2
Job 5 14 19
Ps. 5 24 29
Prov. 0 13 13
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 9 29 38
Jer. 1 11 12
Lam. 0 6 6
Ezek. 14 27 41
Hosea 2 3 5
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 0 2 2
Micah 2 1 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 2 3 5
Zeph. 0 1 1
Mal. 0 2 2
NT 4 17 21
BM 8 57 65
DC 3 13 16
PGP 1 12 13
TOTAL 84 396 480

Num. 3:25
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

Num. 4:5
And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

Num. 4:6
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

Num. 4:7
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

Num. 4:8
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

Num. 4:9
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

Num. 4:10
And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

Num. 4:11
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

Num. 4:12
And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:

Num. 4:14
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.

Num. 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 4:20
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

Num. 4:25
And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

Num. 5:18
And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

Num. 7:3
And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

Num. 9:15
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

Num. 9:16
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

Num. 16:38
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

Num. 16:39
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

Num. 16:42
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

Num. 19:15
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

Num. 22:5
He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Num. 22:11
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.