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
Gen. 13 0 13
Ex. 59 1 60
Lev. 87 0 87
Num. 24 5 29
Deut. 8 2 10
Josh. 15 0 15
Judg. 11 1 12
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 34 2 36
2 Kgs. 19 9 28
1 Chr. 10 0 10
2 Chr. 25 15 40
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 4 1 5
Isa. 6 3 9
Jer. 0 4 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 17 4 21
Hosea 0 6 6
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 3 1 4
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 23 1 24
BM 4 0 4
DC 1 0 1
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 393 55 448

Amos 2:8
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Amos 3:14
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.