Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'priest' occurs 612 times in the standard works.

336 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'priest' in the standard works and contain 54.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 153 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 13:2-56 (55 in 55 verses)

Lev. 14:11-36 (26 in 26 verses)

Num. 5:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

Lev. 5:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

Lev. 27:8-14 (8 in 7 verses)

Abr. 1:7-11 (7 in 5 verses)

Judg. 18:17-20 (6 in 4 verses)

Lev. 4:30-35 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 14:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 7:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 22:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 6:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 19:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 2:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 15:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 15:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 23:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)


Num. 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

 5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

 5:9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

 5:10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.




Josh. 22:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 21:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:82-84 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:61-63 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 31:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:64 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:38 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:20-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 467 327 794
Gen. 4 3 7
Ex. 21 4 25
Lev. 185 10 195
Num. 72 5 77
Deut. 7 8 15
Josh. 11 30 41
Judg. 14 1 15
1 Sam. 21 12 33
2 Sam. 1 6 7
1 Kgs. 17 11 28
2 Kgs. 25 20 45
1 Chr. 6 15 21
2 Chr. 21 69 90
Ezra 8 27 35
Neh. 10 37 47
Ps. 1 4 5
Isa. 3 3 6
Jer. 16 25 41
Lam. 2 4 6
Ezek. 8 17 25
Hosea 3 3 6
Joel 0 3 3
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 2 2
Hag. 5 3 8
Zech. 4 2 6
Mal. 1 2 3
NT 76 90 166
BM 26 97 123
DC 30 168 198
PGP 13 20 33
TOTAL 612 702 1314

Num. 3:3
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

Num. 3:4
And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

Num. 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Num. 3:10
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 3:32
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

Num. 4:16
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

Num. 4:28
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Num. 4:33
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Num. 5:8
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

Num. 5:9
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

Num. 5:10
And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

Num. 5:15
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Num. 5:16
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:

Num. 5:17
And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

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. 5:19
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Num. 5:21
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

Num. 5:23
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

Num. 5:25
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:

Num. 5:26
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

Num. 5:30
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Num. 6:10
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

Num. 6:11
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

Num. 6:16
And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:

Num. 6:17
And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 6:19
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

Num. 6:20
And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

Num. 7:8
And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Num. 10:8
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

Num. 15:25
And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:

Num. 15:28
And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

Num. 16:10
And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

Num. 16:37
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

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. 18:1
And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Num. 18:7
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the veil; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 18:28
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave offering to Aaron the priest.

Num. 19:3
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

Num. 19:4
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

Num. 19:6
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

Num. 19:7
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

Num. 25:7
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

Num. 25:11
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

Num. 25:13
And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

Num. 26:1
And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Num. 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 26:63
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 26:64
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

Num. 27:2
And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

Num. 27:19
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

Num. 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Num. 27:22
And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

Num. 31:6
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

Num. 31:12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 31:13
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

Num. 31:21
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses;

Num. 31:26
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

Num. 31:29
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord.

Num. 31:31
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Num. 31:41
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Num. 31:51
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

Num. 31:54
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.

Num. 32:2
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

Num. 32:28
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Num. 33:38
And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

Num. 34:17
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Num. 35:25
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

Num. 35:28
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

Num. 35:32
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.