Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'firstborn' occurs 138 times in the standard works.

53 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'firstborn' in the standard works and contain 38.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 13:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 11:5 (4 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:29 (4 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 2:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 5:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 0 110
Gen. 20 0 20
Ex. 20 0 20
Num. 18 0 18
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 25 0 25
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 5 0 5
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 7 0 7
BM 6 0 6
DC 14 0 14
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 138 0 138

1 Kgs. 16:34
In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.