Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'atonement' occurs 113 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 'atonement' in the standard works and contain 46.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 16:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)


Ex. 30:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.




Lev. 23:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 17:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 80 1 81
Ex. 10 1 11
Lev. 49 0 49
Num. 17 0 17
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
NT 1 0 1
BM 28 0 28
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 113 1 114

Ex. 29:33
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

Ex. 29:36
And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

Ex. 29:37
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

Ex. 30:10
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.

Ex. 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

Ex. 30:16
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

Ex. 32:30
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.