Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'number' occurs 284 times in the standard works.

80 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'number' in the standard works and contain 28.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rev. 13:17-18 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 24:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 44:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.

 4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.




Alma 17:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 154 131 285
Gen. 4 4 8
Ex. 4 6 10
Lev. 9 0 9
Num. 44 83 127
Deut. 7 0 7
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 4 4 8
1 Sam. 3 4 7
2 Sam. 7 2 9
1 Kgs. 2 6 8
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 18 4 22
2 Chr. 6 6 12
Ezra 5 1 6
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 14 1 15
Ps. 5 2 7
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 2 6
Jer. 5 1 6
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 1 2
Joel 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 24 5 29
BM 90 69 159
DC 9 3 12
PGP 7 7 14
TOTAL 284 215 499

Ezek. 4:4
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.

Ezek. 4:5
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Ezek. 4:9
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

Ezek. 5:3
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.