Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tribes' occurs 140 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tribes' in the standard works and contain 19.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 7:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 14:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)


Deut. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

 1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

 1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

 1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.




D&C 77:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 122:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 0 105
NT 7 0 7
BM 20 0 20
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 140 0 140

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