Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'altar' occurs 393 times in the standard works.

238 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'altar' in the standard works and contain 60.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 100 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 1:5-17 (13 in 13 verses)

Lev. 1:7-2:2 (13 in 13 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:32-13:5 (12 in 7 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-15 (11 in 6 verses)

Lev. 6:9-15 (8 in 7 verses)

Lev. 9:7-14 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Chr. 29:18-24 (7 in 7 verses)

Abr. 1:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 40:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 4:30-35 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 8:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 43:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

Ex. 29:36-38 (5 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Judg. 6:28-32 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 27:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 22:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 27:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:49 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 355 54 409
NT 23 1 24
BM 4 0 4
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Alma 2 0 2
DC 1 0 1
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 393 55 448

1 Ne. 2:7
And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones, and made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.

2 Ne. 16:6
Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;

Alma 15:17
Therefore, after Alma having established the church at Sidom, seeing a great check, yea, seeing that the people were checked as to the pride of their hearts, and began to humble themselves before God, and began to assemble themselves together at their sanctuaries to worship God before the altar, watching and praying continually, that they might be delivered from Satan, and from death, and from destruction--

Alma 17:4
And they had been teaching the word of God for the space of fourteen years among the Lamanites, having had much success in bringing many to the knowledge of the truth; yea, by the power of their words many were brought before the altar of God, to call on his name and confess their sins before him.