Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'aaron' occurs 429 times in the standard works.

222 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'aaron' in the standard works and contain 51.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 103 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 22:12-22 (11 in 11 verses)

Num. 20:23-29 (9 in 7 verses)

Ex. 27:21-28:4 (7 in 5 verses)

Ex. 7:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 68:15-20 (6 in 6 verses)

Num. 8:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 32:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 8:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 4:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 28:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 10:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 10:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 3:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 16:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 28:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:32-24:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 29:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:36-9:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 9:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 4:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 16:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 23:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 11:10-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:51-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:35-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


D&C 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:6 Now this is not all thy gift; for you have another gift, which is the gift of Aaron; behold, it has told you many things;

 8:7 Behold, there is no other power, save the power of God, that can cause this gift of Aaron to be with you.




D&C 107:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 345 2 347
NT 5 0 5
BM 50 0 50
DC 28 3 31
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 429 7 436

D&C 8:6
Now this is not all thy gift; for you have another gift, which is the gift of Aaron; behold, it has told you many things;

D&C 8:7
Behold, there is no other power, save the power of God, that can cause this gift of Aaron to be with you.

D&C 13:1
Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness.

D&C 27:8
Which John I have sent unto you, my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Oliver Cowdery, to ordain you unto the first priesthood which you have received, that you might be called and ordained even as Aaron;

D&C 28:3
And thou shalt be obedient unto the things which I shall give unto him, even as Aaron, to declare faithfully the commandments and the revelations, with power and authority unto the church.

D&C 68:15
Wherefore they shall be high priests who are worthy, and they shall be appointed by the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood, except they be literal descendants of Aaron.

D&C 68:16
And if they be literal descendants of Aaron they have a legal right to the bishopric, if they are the firstborn among the sons of Aaron;

D&C 68:18
No man has a legal right to this office, to hold the keys of this priesthood, except he be a literal descendant and the firstborn of Aaron.

D&C 68:19
But, as a high priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood has authority to officiate in all the lesser offices he may officiate in the office of bishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is called and set apart and ordained unto this power, under the hands of the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood.

D&C 68:20
And a literal descendant of Aaron, also, must be designated by this Presidency, and found worthy, and anointed, and ordained under the hands of this Presidency, otherwise they are not legally authorized to officiate in their priesthood.

D&C 84:18
And the Lord confirmed a priesthood also upon Aaron and his seed, throughout all their generations, which priesthood also continueth and abideth forever with the priesthood which is after the holiest order of God.

D&C 84:27
Which gospel is the gospel of repentance and of baptism, and the remission of sins, and the law of carnal commandments, which the Lord in his wrath caused to continue with the house of Aaron among the children of Israel until John, whom God raised up, being filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb.

D&C 84:30
And again, the offices of teacher and deacon are necessary appendages belonging to the lesser priesthood, which priesthood was confirmed upon Aaron and his sons.

D&C 84:31
Therefore, as I said concerning the sons of Moses-- for the sons of Moses and also the sons of Aaron shall offer an acceptable offering and sacrifice in the house of the Lord, which house shall be built unto the Lord in this generation, upon the consecrated spot as I have appointed--

D&C 84:32
And the sons of Moses and of Aaron shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, upon Mount Zion in the Lord's house, whose sons are ye; and also many whom I have called and sent forth to build up my church.

D&C 84:34
They become the sons of Moses and of Aaron and the seed of Abraham, and the church and kingdom, and the elect of God.

D&C 107:1
There are, in the church, two priesthoods, namely, the Melchizedek and Aaronic, including the Levitical Priesthood.

D&C 107:6
But there are two divisions or grand heads-- one is the Melchizedek Priesthood, and the other is the Aaronic or Levitical Priesthood.

D&C 107:13
The second priesthood is called the Priesthood of Aaron, because it was conferred upon Aaron and his seed, throughout all their generations.

D&C 107:16
No man has a legal right to this office, to hold the keys of this priesthood, except he be a literal descendant of Aaron.

D&C 107:17
But as a high priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood has authority to officiate in all the lesser offices, he may officiate in the office of bishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is called and set apart and ordained unto this power by the hands of the Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood.

D&C 107:20
The power and authority of the lesser, or Aaronic Priesthood, is to hold the keys of the ministering of angels, and to administer in outward ordinances, the letter of the gospel, the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, agreeable to the covenants and commandments.

D&C 107:69
Nevertheless a bishop must be chosen from the High Priesthood, unless he is a literal descendant of Aaron;

D&C 107:70
For unless he is a literal descendant of Aaron he cannot hold the keys of that priesthood.

D&C 107:73
This is the duty of a bishop who is not a literal descendant of Aaron, but has been ordained to the High Priesthood after the order of Melchizedek.

D&C 107:76
But a literal descendant of Aaron has a legal right to the presidency of this priesthood, to the keys of this ministry, to act in the office of bishop independently, without counselors, except in a case where a President of the High Priesthood, after the order of Melchizedek, is tried, to sit as a judge in Israel.

D&C 107:87
Also the duty of the president over the Priesthood of Aaron is to preside over forty-eight priests, and sit in council with them, to teach them the duties of their office, as is given in the covenants--

D&C 124:132
Namely, Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, George W. Harris, Charles C. Rich, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, David Dort, Dunbar Wilson-- Seymour Brunson I have taken unto myself; no man taketh his priesthood, but another may be appointed unto the same priesthood in his stead; and verily I say unto you, let my servant Aaron Johnson be ordained unto this calling in his stead-- David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington.

D&C 132:59
Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as was Aaron, by mine own voice, and by the voice of him that sent me, and I have endowed him with the keys of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according to my law and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will justify him.