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)

 43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

 43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

 43:15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

 43:16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

 43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

 43:18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.




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

Ezek. 6:4
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

Ezek. 6:5
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Ezek. 6:6
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

Ezek. 6:13
Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

Ezek. 8:5
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Ezek. 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

Ezek. 9:2
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

Ezek. 40:46
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.

Ezek. 40:47
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

Ezek. 41:22
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.

Ezek. 43:13
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

Ezek. 43:15
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

Ezek. 43:16
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

Ezek. 43:18
And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.

Ezek. 43:22
And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.

Ezek. 43:26
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

Ezek. 43:27
And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 45:19
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

Ezek. 47:1
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.