Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'touch' occurs 63 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'touch' in the standard works and contain 12.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)


Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

 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.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 76 108
Gen. 2 5 7
Ex. 2 3 5
Lev. 7 21 28
Num. 2 9 11
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 0 2 2
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 0 2 2
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 0 5 5
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 0 1 1
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 4 3 7
Ps. 2 2 4
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 2 3
Jer. 1 4 5
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 0 3 3
Dan. 0 6 6
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 0 1 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 16 43 59
BM 12 10 22
DC 1 9 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 63 138 201

Hag. 2:12
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

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.