Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ordain' occurs 21 times in the standard works.

3 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ordain' in the standard works and contain 14.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 3:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

 3:3 In the name of Jesus Christ I ordain you to be a priest (or if he be a teacher, I ordain you to be a teacher) to preach repentance and remission of sins through Jesus Christ, by the endurance of faith on his name to the end. Amen.

 3:4 And after this manner did they ordain priests and teachers, according to the gifts and callings of God unto men; and they ordained them by the power of the Holy Ghost, which was in them.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 3 17 20
NT 2 20 22
BM 5 19 24
1 Ne. 0 2 2
2 Ne. 0 1 1
Mosiah 2 2 4
Alma 0 9 9
3 Ne. 0 2 2
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Moro. 3 2 5
DC 11 98 109
PGP 0 6 6
TOTAL 21 160 181

Moro. 3:1
The manner which the disciples, who were called the elders of the church, ordained priests and teachers--

Moro. 3:3
In the name of Jesus Christ I ordain you to be a priest (or if he be a teacher, I ordain you to be a teacher) to preach repentance and remission of sins through Jesus Christ, by the endurance of faith on his name to the end. Amen.

Moro. 3:4
And after this manner did they ordain priests and teachers, according to the gifts and callings of God unto men; and they ordained them by the power of the Holy Ghost, which was in them.