Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shum' occurs 5 times in the standard works.

3 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shum' in the standard works and contain 60% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moses 7:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

 7:5 And it came to pass that I beheld in the valley of Shum, and lo, a great people which dwelt in tents, which were the people of Shum.

 7:6 And again the Lord said unto me: Look; and I looked towards the north, and I beheld the people of Canaan, which dwelt in tents.

 7:7 And the Lord said unto me: Prophesy; and I prophesied, saying: Behold the people of Canaan, which are numerous, shall go forth in battle array against the people of Shum, and shall slay them that they shall utterly be destroyed; and the people of Canaan shall divide themselves in the land, and the land shall be barren and unfruitful, and none other people shall dwell there but the people of Canaan;




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 6 6
NT 0 0 0
BM 2 0 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 5 6 11

1 Chr. 2:53
And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

Ezra 2:19
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

Ezra 10:33
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

Neh. 7:22
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

Neh. 8:4
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

Neh. 10:18
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

Alma 11:5
Now the reckoning is thus-- a senine of gold, a seon of gold, a shum of gold, and a limnah of gold.

Alma 11:9
And a shum of gold was twice the value of a seon.

Moses 7:5
And it came to pass that I beheld in the valley of Shum, and lo, a great people which dwelt in tents, which were the people of Shum.

Moses 7:7
And the Lord said unto me: Prophesy; and I prophesied, saying: Behold the people of Canaan, which are numerous, shall go forth in battle array against the people of Shum, and shall slay them that they shall utterly be destroyed; and the people of Canaan shall divide themselves in the land, and the land shall be barren and unfruitful, and none other people shall dwell there but the people of Canaan;