Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tribes' occurs 140 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tribes' in the standard works and contain 19.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 7:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 14:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 77:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 122:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 0 105
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 12 0 12
Deut. 12 0 12
Josh. 19 0 19
Judg. 7 0 7
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Ps. 4 0 4
Isa. 3 0 3
Ezek. 10 0 10
Hosea 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 7 0 7
BM 20 0 20
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 140 0 140

Deut. 1:13
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Deut. 1:15
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

Deut. 5:23
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

Deut. 12:5
But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Deut. 12:14
But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

Deut. 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

Deut. 18:5
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

Deut. 29:10
Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

Deut. 29:21
And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

Deut. 31:28
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

Deut. 33:5
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.