Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'commanded' occurs 741 times in the standard works.

180 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'commanded' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 78 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 3:28-4:5 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 18:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 132:34-37 (5 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 26:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 23:13-24:1 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 13:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)


Lev. 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

 9:5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.

 9:6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you.

 9:7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.




Deut. 5:32-6:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 5:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 15:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 34:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 36:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 29:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 29:40-30:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 7:10-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 381 4 385
Gen. 18 0 18
Ex. 44 0 44
Lev. 27 0 27
Num. 41 0 41
Deut. 39 0 39
Josh. 34 0 34
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 9 0 9
2 Sam. 11 0 11
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 16 0 16
1 Chr. 14 0 14
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Ezra 6 0 6
Neh. 6 3 9
Esth. 10 0 10
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 12 0 12
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 28 1 29
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 6 0 6
Dan. 13 0 13
Amos 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 62 0 62
BM 191 0 191
DC 84 0 84
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 741 4 745

Lev. 7:36
Which the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.

Lev. 7:38
Which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.

Lev. 8:4
And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Lev. 8:5
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done.

Lev. 8:9
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 8:13
And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 8:17
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 8:21
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 8:29
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 8:31
And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

Lev. 8:34
As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.

Lev. 8:35
Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

Lev. 8:36
So Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

Lev. 9:5
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.

Lev. 9:6
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you.

Lev. 9:7
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.

Lev. 9:10
But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 9:21
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded.

Lev. 10:1
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.

Lev. 10:13
And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded.

Lev. 10:15
The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the Lord hath commanded.

Lev. 10:18
Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

Lev. 16:34
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 17:2
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying,

Lev. 24:23
And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 27:34
These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.