Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'descendants' occurs 14 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'descendants' in the standard works and contain 28.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 43:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)


D&C 68:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 68:15 Wherefore they shall be high priests who are worthy, and they shall be appointed by the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood, except they be literal descendants of Aaron.

 68:16 And if they be literal descendants of Aaron they have a legal right to the bishopric, if they are the firstborn among the sons of Aaron;




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0
BM 11 0 11
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 14 0 14

D&C 68:15
Wherefore they shall be high priests who are worthy, and they shall be appointed by the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood, except they be literal descendants of Aaron.

D&C 68:16
And if they be literal descendants of Aaron they have a legal right to the bishopric, if they are the firstborn among the sons of Aaron;

D&C 107:40
The order of this priesthood was confirmed to be handed down from father to son, and rightly belongs to the literal descendants of the chosen seed, to whom the promises were made.