Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sanctify' occurs 88 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 'sanctify' in the standard works and contain 30.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 27:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

 27:16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

 27:17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

 27:18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.




Ex. 29:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 19:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 0 64
Ex. 16 0 16
Lev. 17 0 17
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Neh. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 0 4
Ezek. 6 0 6
Joel 3 0 3
NT 6 0 6
BM 5 0 5
DC 12 0 12
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 88 0 88

Lev. 8:11
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.

Lev. 8:12
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

Lev. 11:44
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Lev. 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

Lev. 20:8
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

Lev. 21:8
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.

Lev. 21:15
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.

Lev. 21:23
Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

Lev. 22:9
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.

Lev. 22:16
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

Lev. 27:14
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Lev. 27:16
And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Lev. 27:17
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

Lev. 27:18
But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.

Lev. 27:22
And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

Lev. 27:26
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord's.