Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'person' occurs 72 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'person' in the standard works and contain 20.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 19:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

 19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

 19:19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.




Lev. 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:73 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 32:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 45 43 88
Gen. 1 2 3
Ex. 1 1 2
Lev. 2 1 3
Num. 10 7 17
Deut. 3 4 7
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 0 5 5
1 Sam. 3 3 6
2 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Job 3 2 5
Ps. 4 2 6
Prov. 4 4 8
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 2 3 5
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 3 2 5
Dan. 1 0 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Mal. 1 1 2
NT 11 13 24
BM 2 3 5
DC 8 18 26
PGP 6 7 13
TOTAL 72 84 156

Num. 5:6
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty;

Num. 19:17
And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

Num. 19:18
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

Num. 19:19
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

Num. 19:22
And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

Num. 31:19
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

Num. 31:28
And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

Num. 31:30
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

Num. 31:35
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

Num. 31:40
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord's tribute was thirty and two persons.

Num. 31:46
And sixteen thousand persons;)

Num. 35:11
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

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.

Num. 35:30
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.