Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jordan' occurs 201 times in the standard works.

83 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jordan' in the standard works and contain 41.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 38 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 3:11-4:10 (17 in 17 verses)

Josh. 4:16-5:1 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 33:48-51 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 22:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:78 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)


Deut. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

 4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.




Deut. 4:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 182 0 182
Gen. 5 0 5
Num. 21 0 21
Deut. 26 0 26
Josh. 70 0 70
Judg. 12 0 12
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 16 0 16
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 9 0 9
1 Chr. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 15 0 15
BM 4 0 4
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 201 0 201

Deut. 1:1
These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Deut. 1:5
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

Deut. 2:29
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.

Deut. 3:8
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

Deut. 3:17
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.

Deut. 3:20
Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

Deut. 3:25
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

Deut. 3:27
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Deut. 4:21
Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

Deut. 4:22
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

Deut. 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

Deut. 4:41
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Deut. 4:46
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

Deut. 4:47
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Deut. 4:49
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

Deut. 9:1
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

Deut. 11:30
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

Deut. 11:31
For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

Deut. 12:10
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

Deut. 27:2
And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

Deut. 27:4
Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.

Deut. 27:12
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

Deut. 30:18
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

Deut. 31:2
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Deut. 31:13
And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Deut. 32:47
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.