Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'priest' occurs 612 times in the standard works.

336 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'priest' in the standard works and contain 54.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 153 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 13:2-56 (55 in 55 verses)

Lev. 14:11-36 (26 in 26 verses)

Num. 5:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

Lev. 5:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

Lev. 27:8-14 (8 in 7 verses)

Abr. 1:7-11 (7 in 5 verses)

Judg. 18:17-20 (6 in 4 verses)

Lev. 4:30-35 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 14:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 7:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 22:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 6:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 19:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 2:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 15:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 15:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 23:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 22:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 21:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:82-84 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:61-63 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 31:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:64 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:38 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:20-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 467 327 794
NT 76 90 166
Matt. 8 20 28
Mark 9 15 24
Luke 7 16 23
John 11 11 22
Acts 15 12 27
Heb. 26 11 37
1 Pet. 0 2 2
Rev. 0 3 3
BM 26 97 123
DC 30 168 198
PGP 13 20 33
TOTAL 612 702 1314

Heb. 7:5
And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

Heb. 7:11
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Heb. 7:12
For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Heb. 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Heb. 7:21
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

Heb. 7:23
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

Heb. 7:24
But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

Heb. 7:27
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Heb. 7:28
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

Heb. 8:4
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

Heb. 9:6
Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.