Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'families' occurs 220 times in the standard works.

118 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'families' in the standard works and contain 53.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 54 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 26:34-44 (11 in 11 verses)

Num. 4:36-42 (7 in 7 verses)

Num. 4:40-46 (7 in 7 verses)

Num. 3:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)


Ether 1:41-2:1 (5 in 4 verses)

 1:41 Go to and gather together thy flocks, both male and female, of every kind; and also of the seed of the earth of every kind; and thy families; and also Jared thy brother and his family; and also thy friends and their families, and the friends of Jared and their families.

 1:42 And when thou hast done this thou shalt go at the head of them down into the valley which is northward. And there will I meet thee, and I will go before thee into a land which is choice above all the lands of the earth.

 1:43 And there will I bless thee and thy seed, and raise up unto me of thy seed, and of the seed of thy brother, and they who shall go with thee, a great nation. And there shall be none greater than the nation which I will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of the earth. And thus I will do unto thee because this long time ye have cried unto me.

 2:1 And it came to pass that Jared and his brother, and their families, and also the friends of Jared and his brother and their families, went down into the valley which was northward, (and the name of the valley was Nimrod, being called after the mighty hunter) with their flocks which they had gathered together, male and female, of every kind.




D&C 75:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 26:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 21:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 36:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 21:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:103-104 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 174 0 174
NT 0 0 0
BM 20 0 20
DC 23 0 23
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 220 0 220

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