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

Num. 1:16
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

Num. 7:2
That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:

Num. 24:2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

Num. 26:55
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

Num. 30:1
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

Num. 31:4
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

Num. 32:28
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Num. 33:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

Num. 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

Num. 34:15
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

Num. 36:3
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

Num. 36:9
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.