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
Gen. 4 3 7
Ex. 21 4 25
Lev. 185 10 195
Num. 72 5 77
Deut. 7 8 15
Josh. 11 30 41
Judg. 14 1 15
1 Sam. 21 12 33
2 Sam. 1 6 7
1 Kgs. 17 11 28
2 Kgs. 25 20 45
1 Chr. 6 15 21
2 Chr. 21 69 90
Ezra 8 27 35
Neh. 10 37 47
Ps. 1 4 5
Isa. 3 3 6
Jer. 16 25 41
Lam. 2 4 6
Ezek. 8 17 25
Hosea 3 3 6
Joel 0 3 3
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 2 2
Hag. 5 3 8
Zech. 4 2 6
Mal. 1 2 3
NT 76 90 166
BM 26 97 123
DC 30 168 198
PGP 13 20 33
TOTAL 612 702 1314

Lam. 1:4
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

Lam. 1:19
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

Lam. 4:13
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

Lam. 4:16
The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.