Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tribes' occurs 140 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tribes' in the standard works and contain 19.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 7:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 14:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 77:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 122:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 0 105
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 12 0 12
Deut. 12 0 12
Josh. 19 0 19
Judg. 7 0 7
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Ps. 4 0 4
Isa. 3 0 3
Ezek. 10 0 10
Hosea 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 7 0 7
BM 20 0 20
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 140 0 140

Ezek. 37:19
Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

Ezek. 45:8
In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

Ezek. 47:13
Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

Ezek. 47:21
So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

Ezek. 47:22
And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

Ezek. 48:1
Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

Ezek. 48:19
And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

Ezek. 48:23
As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.

Ezek. 48:29
This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 48:31
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.