Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'firstborn' occurs 138 times in the standard works.

53 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'firstborn' in the standard works and contain 38.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 13:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 11:5 (4 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:29 (4 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 2:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 5:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)


Gen. 38:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

 38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.




Ex. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 0 110
NT 7 0 7
BM 6 0 6
DC 14 0 14
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 138 0 138

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