Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'unclean' occurs 220 times in the standard works.

130 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'unclean' in the standard works and contain 59.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 56 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 11:24-12:5 (30 in 29 verses)

Lev. 15:2-27 (26 in 26 verses)

Num. 19:7-22 (16 in 16 verses)

Lev. 5:2 (5 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:44-46 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 11:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 13:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)


Hag. 2:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

 2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

 2:14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.




Lev. 7:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 6:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 162 30 192
Lev. 110 19 129
Num. 19 2 21
Deut. 9 2 11
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Ezra 1 1 2
Job 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 6 0 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 3 5
Hosea 1 0 1
Hag. 4 0 4
Zech. 1 1 2
NT 32 11 43
BM 19 3 22
DC 6 1 7
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 220 45 265

Hag. 2:13
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

Hag. 2:14
Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.