Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'altar' occurs 393 times in the standard works.

238 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'altar' in the standard works and contain 60.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 100 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 1:5-17 (13 in 13 verses)

Lev. 1:7-2:2 (13 in 13 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:32-13:5 (12 in 7 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-15 (11 in 6 verses)

Lev. 6:9-15 (8 in 7 verses)

Lev. 9:7-14 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Chr. 29:18-24 (7 in 7 verses)

Abr. 1:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 40:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 4:30-35 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 8:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 43:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

Ex. 29:36-38 (5 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Judg. 6:28-32 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 27:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 22:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)


Deut. 27:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

 27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

 27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:




Josh. 22:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:49 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 355 54 409
Gen. 13 0 13
Ex. 59 1 60
Lev. 87 0 87
Num. 24 5 29
Deut. 8 2 10
Josh. 15 0 15
Judg. 11 1 12
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 34 2 36
2 Kgs. 19 9 28
1 Chr. 10 0 10
2 Chr. 25 15 40
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 4 1 5
Isa. 6 3 9
Jer. 0 4 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 17 4 21
Hosea 0 6 6
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 3 1 4
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 23 1 24
BM 4 0 4
DC 1 0 1
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 393 55 448

Deut. 7:5
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

Deut. 12:3
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

Deut. 12:27
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

Deut. 16:21
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Deut. 26:4
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.

Deut. 27:5
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

Deut. 27:6
Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:

Deut. 33:10
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.