Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'inheritance' occurs 345 times in the standard works.

135 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'inheritance' in the standard works and contain 39.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 54 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 36:2-12 (17 in 11 verses)

Josh. 13:28-14:3 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 46:16-18 (6 in 3 verses)

Num. 27:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 19:8-10 (5 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 33:54-34:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 26:53-54 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 19:48-51 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 34:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:34 (2 in 1 verse)


Num. 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

 32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.




Deut. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:19-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 221 1 222
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 50 0 50
Deut. 27 0 27
Josh. 58 1 59
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 16 0 16
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 6 0 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 18 0 18
NT 18 0 18
BM 59 0 59
DC 47 12 59
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 345 13 358

Num. 16:14
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

Num. 18:20
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Num. 18:21
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 18:23
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

Num. 18:24
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

Num. 18:26
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.

Num. 26:53
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

Num. 26:54
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

Num. 26:62
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

Num. 27:7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

Num. 27:8
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

Num. 27:9
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

Num. 27:10
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

Num. 27:11
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Num. 32:18
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

Num. 32:19
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

Num. 32:32
We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

Num. 33:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

Num. 34:2
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Num. 34:14
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

Num. 34:15
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

Num. 34:18
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

Num. 34:29
These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Num. 35:2
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Num. 35:8
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

Num. 36:2
And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

Num. 36:3
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

Num. 36:4
And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

Num. 36:7
So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Num. 36:8
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

Num. 36:9
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.

Num. 36:12
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.