Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'selah' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'selah' in the standard works and contain 5.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 32:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)


D&C 56:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 56:5 Wherefore, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him.

 56:6 For behold, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Selah J. Griffin and Newel Knight, in consequence of the stiffneckedness of my people which are in Thompson, and their rebellions.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 75 6 81
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 3 3 6
PGP 0 6 6
TOTAL 78 15 93

D&C 52:32
And let my servants Newel Knight and Selah J. Griffin both be ordained, and also take their journey.

D&C 56:5
Wherefore, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him.

D&C 56:6
For behold, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Selah J. Griffin and Newel Knight, in consequence of the stiffneckedness of my people which are in Thompson, and their rebellions.

D&C 107:50
Methuselah was one hundred years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam.

D&C 107:52
Noah was ten years old when he was ordained under the hand of Methuselah.

D&C 107:53
Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests, with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing.