Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'half' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

87 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'half' in the standard works and contain 53% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 22:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 13:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:22 (3 in 1 verse)


Ex. 30:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.

 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.




Num. 34:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 8:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 6:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 129 5 134
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 22 1 23
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 14 0 14
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 29 0 29
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 1 4
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
1 Chr. 14 0 14
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Neh. 13 0 13
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 0 1 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 7 8 15
BM 26 6 32
DC 2 5 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 164 24 188

Ex. 24:6
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Ex. 25:10
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Ex. 25:17
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Ex. 25:23
Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Ex. 26:12
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

Ex. 26:16
Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

Ex. 27:21
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Ex. 30:13
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

Ex. 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

Ex. 30:23
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

Ex. 36:21
The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

Ex. 37:1
And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

Ex. 37:6
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Ex. 37:10
And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:

Ex. 38:26
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.