Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'twenty' occurs 372 times in the standard works.

159 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'twenty' in the standard works and contain 42.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 61 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

3 Ne. 5:7-8 (6 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 2:10 (4 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 45:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 3:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:40-51:1 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)


Ezra 2:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

 2:26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

 2:27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

 2:28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.




Neh. 7:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 41:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:63 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:20 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:37-52:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:23-54:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 282 0 282
Gen. 11 0 11
Ex. 22 0 22
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 31 0 31
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 12 0 12
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 23 0 23
2 Kgs. 15 0 15
1 Chr. 31 0 31
2 Chr. 35 0 35
Ezra 19 0 19
Neh. 18 0 18
Esth. 3 0 3
Ps. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 35 0 35
Dan. 2 0 2
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 12 0 12
BM 57 0 57
DC 9 0 9
PGP 12 0 12
TOTAL 372 0 372

Ezra 1:9
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

Ezra 2:11
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:12
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.

Ezra 2:17
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:19
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:21
The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:23
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

Ezra 2:26
The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

Ezra 2:27
The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

Ezra 2:28
The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 2:32
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

Ezra 2:33
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

Ezra 2:41
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

Ezra 2:67
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 8:11
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

Ezra 8:19
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

Ezra 8:20
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

Ezra 8:27
Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.