Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'staves' occurs 50 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'staves' in the standard works and contain 60% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 27:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 5:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 38:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)


Ex. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

 25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

 25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.




Ex. 30:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 1 43
NT 7 0 7
BM 0 0 0
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 50 1 51

Ex. 25:13
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

Ex. 25:14
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

Ex. 25:15
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

Ex. 25:27
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

Ex. 25:28
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Ex. 27:6
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

Ex. 27:7
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

Ex. 30:4
And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

Ex. 30:5
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

Ex. 35:12
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering,

Ex. 35:13
The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,

Ex. 35:15
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,

Ex. 35:16
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Ex. 37:4
And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Ex. 37:5
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

Ex. 37:14
Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.

Ex. 37:15
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.

Ex. 37:27
And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.

Ex. 37:28
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Ex. 38:5
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

Ex. 38:6
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

Ex. 38:7
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

Ex. 39:35
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,

Ex. 39:39
The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Ex. 40:20
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

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. 4:8
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. 4:11
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. 4:14
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. 21:18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

1 Sam. 17:43
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

1 Kgs. 8:7
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

1 Kgs. 8:8
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

1 Chr. 15:15
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord.

2 Chr. 5:8
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

2 Chr. 5:9
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

Ezek. 39:9
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

Hab. 3:14
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

Zech. 11:7
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

Matt. 10:10
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Matt. 26:47
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Matt. 26:55
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

Mark 14:43
And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

Mark 14:48
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

Luke 9:3
And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.

Luke 22:52
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

D&C 24:18
And thou shalt take no purse nor scrip, neither staves, neither two coats, for the church shall give unto thee in the very hour what thou needest for food and for raiment, and for shoes and for money, and for scrip.