Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'touch' occurs 63 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'touch' in the standard works and contain 12.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 76 108
Gen. 2 5 7
Ex. 2 3 5
Lev. 7 21 28
Num. 2 9 11
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 0 2 2
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 0 2 2
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 0 5 5
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 0 1 1
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 4 3 7
Ps. 2 2 4
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 2 3
Jer. 1 4 5
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 0 3 3
Dan. 0 6 6
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 0 1 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 16 43 59
BM 12 10 22
DC 1 9 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 63 138 201

Num. 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 8:26
But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

Num. 16:26
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

Num. 19:11
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Num. 19:13
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

Num. 19:16
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Num. 19:18
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

Num. 19:21
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

Num. 19:22
And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

Num. 31:19
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.