Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ordained' occurs 156 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ordained' in the standard works and contain 32.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:71-72 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:60 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:45 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 78:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 16 0 16
NT 19 1 20
BM 19 0 19
DC 96 0 96
PGP 6 0 6
Moses 1 0 1
Abr. 1 0 1
JS-H 4 0 4
TOTAL 156 1 157

Moses 8:19
And the Lord ordained Noah after his own order, and commanded him that he should go forth and declare his Gospel unto the children of men, even as it was given unto Enoch.

Abr. 1:2
And, finding there was greater happiness and peace and rest for me, I sought for the blessings of the fathers, and the right whereunto I should be ordained to administer the same; having been myself a follower of righteousness, desiring also to be one who possessed great knowledge, and to be a greater follower of righteousness, and to possess a greater knowledge, and to be a father of many nations, a prince of peace, and desiring to receive instructions, and to keep the commandments of God, I became a rightful heir, a High Priest, holding the right belonging to the fathers.

JS-H 1:68
We still continued the work of translation, when, in the ensuing month (May, 1829), we on a certain day went into the woods to pray and inquire of the Lord respecting baptism for the remission of sins, that we found mentioned in the translation of the plates. While we were thus employed, praying and calling upon the Lord, a messenger from heaven descended in a cloud of light, and having laid his hands upon us, he ordained us, saying:

JS-H 1:71
Accordingly we went and were baptized. I baptized him first, and afterwards he baptized me-- after which I laid my hands upon his head and ordained him to the Aaronic Priesthood, and afterwards he laid his hands on me and ordained me to the same Priesthood-- for so we were commanded.

JS-H 1:72
The messenger who visited us on this occasion and conferred this Priesthood upon us, said that his name was John, the same that is called John the Baptist in the New Testament, and that he acted under the direction of Peter, James and John, who held the keys of the Priesthood of Melchizedek, which Priesthood, he said, would in due time be conferred on us, and that I should be called the first Elder of the Church, and he (Oliver Cowdery) the second. It was on the fifteenth day of May, 1829, that we were ordained under the hand of this messenger, and baptized.