Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'stranger' occurs 134 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'stranger' in the standard works and contain 24.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 15:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

 15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.

 15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.

 15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.




Lev. 25:47 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 26:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 123 65 188
Gen. 7 2 9
Ex. 12 3 15
Lev. 19 8 27
Num. 17 0 17
Deut. 24 3 27
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
2 Sam. 2 2 4
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 0 3 3
2 Chr. 2 3 5
Neh. 0 2 2
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 4 6 10
Prov. 10 2 12
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 10 13
Jer. 3 6 9
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 6 9 15
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 0 1 1
Obad. 1 1 2
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 8 15 23
BM 3 4 7
DC 0 3 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 134 87 221

Num. 1:51
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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. 3:38
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 9:14
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

Num. 15:14
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.

Num. 15:15
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.

Num. 15:16
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

Num. 15:26
And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.

Num. 15:29
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

Num. 15:30
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Num. 16:40
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

Num. 18:4
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

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. 19:10
And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

Num. 35:15
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.