Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tent' occurs 120 times in the standard works.

49 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tent' in the standard works and contain 40.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 31:33-34 (5 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 26:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 19:14 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 40:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


Gen. 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

 33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.




Ex. 36:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 98 181 279
Gen. 22 9 31
Ex. 28 5 33
Lev. 1 12 13
Num. 8 39 47
Deut. 0 8 8
Josh. 5 7 12
Judg. 11 4 15
1 Sam. 3 4 7
2 Sam. 5 3 8
1 Kgs. 0 3 3
2 Kgs. 2 11 13
1 Chr. 4 7 11
2 Chr. 2 8 10
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 0 3 3
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 0 3 3
Ps. 1 6 7
Prov. 0 12 12
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 4 1 5
Jer. 2 13 15
Ezek. 0 11 11
Dan. 0 1 1
Hab. 0 2 2
Zech. 0 3 3
NT 0 39 39
BM 20 199 219
DC 0 16 16
PGP 2 12 14
TOTAL 120 447 567

Gen. 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Gen. 8:5
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Gen. 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Gen. 9:27
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Gen. 12:8
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

Gen. 13:3
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;

Gen. 13:5
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

Gen. 13:12
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Gen. 13:18
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

Gen. 18:1
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

Gen. 18:2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

Gen. 18:6
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Gen. 18:9
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

Gen. 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Gen. 24:67
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Gen. 25:27
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Gen. 26:17
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

Gen. 26:25
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

Gen. 28:22
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Gen. 31:25
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

Gen. 31:33
And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

Gen. 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Gen. 33:18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Gen. 33:19
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

Gen. 35:21
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

Gen. 37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.