Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tents' occurs 117 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tents' in the standard works and contain 31.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 15:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

 15:8 And it came to pass that he came to the waters of Ripliancum, which, by interpretation, is large, or to exceed all; wherefore, when they came to these waters they pitched their tents; and Shiz also pitched his tents near unto them; and therefore on the morrow they did come to battle.

 15:9 And it came to pass that they fought an exceedingly sore battle, in which Coriantumr was wounded again, and he fainted with the loss of blood.

 15:10 And it came to pass that the armies of Coriantumr did press upon the armies of Shiz that they beat them, that they caused them to flee before them; and they did flee southward, and did pitch their tents in a place which was called Ogath.

 15:11 And it came to pass that the army of Coriantumr did pitch their tents by the hill Ramah; and it was that same hill where my father Mormon did hide up the records unto the Lord, which were sacred.




Ether 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 66 1 67
NT 0 1 1
BM 45 3 48
1 Ne. 9 0 9
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 1 10
Alma 13 2 15
Hel. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 9 0 9
DC 1 3 4
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 117 8 125

Ether 2:13
And now I proceed with my record; for behold, it came to pass that the Lord did bring Jared and his brethren forth even to that great sea which divideth the lands. And as they came to the sea they pitched their tents; and they called the name of the place Moriancumer; and they dwelt in tents, and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years.

Ether 14:28
And they pitched their tents in the valley of Corihor; and Coriantumr pitched his tents in the valley of Shurr. Now the valley of Shurr was near the hill Comnor; wherefore, Coriantumr did gather his armies together upon the hill Comnor, and did sound a trumpet unto the armies of Shiz to invite them forth to battle.

Ether 15:8
And it came to pass that he came to the waters of Ripliancum, which, by interpretation, is large, or to exceed all; wherefore, when they came to these waters they pitched their tents; and Shiz also pitched his tents near unto them; and therefore on the morrow they did come to battle.

Ether 15:10
And it came to pass that the armies of Coriantumr did press upon the armies of Shiz that they beat them, that they caused them to flee before them; and they did flee southward, and did pitch their tents in a place which was called Ogath.

Ether 15:11
And it came to pass that the army of Coriantumr did pitch their tents by the hill Ramah; and it was that same hill where my father Mormon did hide up the records unto the Lord, which were sacred.