Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'half' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

87 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'half' in the standard works and contain 53% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 22:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 13:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 34:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 8:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 6:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)


Num. 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.

 15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.




Num. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 129 5 134
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 22 1 23
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 14 0 14
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 29 0 29
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 1 4
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
1 Chr. 14 0 14
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Neh. 13 0 13
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 0 1 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 7 8 15
BM 26 6 32
DC 2 5 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 164 24 188

Num. 12:12
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

Num. 15:9
Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.

Num. 15:10
And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Num. 28:14
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

Num. 31:29
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord.

Num. 31:30
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

Num. 31:36
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

Num. 31:42
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

Num. 31:43
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

Num. 31:47
Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Num. 32:33
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

Num. 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

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.