Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lot' occurs 137 times in the standard works.

58 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lot' in the standard works and contain 42.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 25 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 13:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Josh. 21:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 104:39-43 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 26:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 341 446
Gen. 30 16 46
Ex. 0 11 11
Lev. 4 30 34
Num. 7 19 26
Deut. 3 5 8
Josh. 26 12 38
Judg. 3 4 7
1 Sam. 1 5 6
2 Sam. 0 9 9
1 Kgs. 0 9 9
2 Kgs. 0 15 15
1 Chr. 11 16 27
2 Chr. 0 8 8
Neh. 0 6 6
Esth. 2 7 9
Job 0 12 12
Ps. 4 22 26
Prov. 3 21 24
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 3 25 28
Jer. 1 14 15
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 4 39 43
Dan. 1 7 8
Hosea 0 4 4
Joel 0 4 4
Amos 0 3 3
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 1 5 6
Micah 1 2 3
Nahum 0 2 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 4 4
NT 8 91 99
BM 2 66 68
DC 17 38 55
PGP 5 4 9
TOTAL 137 540 677

Josh. 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

Josh. 6:17
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Josh. 6:22
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

Josh. 6:25
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Josh. 7:6
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

Josh. 13:6
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

Josh. 14:2
By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

Josh. 15:1
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

Josh. 15:24
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

Josh. 16:1
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,

Josh. 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Josh. 17:2
There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

Josh. 17:14
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?

Josh. 17:17
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

Josh. 18:6
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Josh. 18:8
And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.

Josh. 18:10
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

Josh. 18:11
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

Josh. 18:17
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

Josh. 19:1
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

Josh. 19:10
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

Josh. 19:12
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

Josh. 19:17
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

Josh. 19:18
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

Josh. 19:24
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

Josh. 19:32
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

Josh. 19:40
And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

Josh. 19:51
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

Josh. 21:4
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Josh. 21:5
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

Josh. 21:6
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

Josh. 21:8
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

Josh. 21:10
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

Josh. 21:20
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Josh. 21:40
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

Josh. 23:4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.