Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thereon' occurs 73 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thereon' in the standard works and contain 26% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 4:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:99-100 (3 in 2 verses)


Ex. 30:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

 30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

 30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

 30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.




Gen. 35:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 51 0 51
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 8 0 8
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 7 0 7
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 3 0 3
Esth. 2 0 2
Isa. 2 0 2
Ezek. 4 0 4
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 15 0 15
BM 2 0 2
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 73 0 73

Ex. 17:12
But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Ex. 20:24
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Ex. 20:26
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Ex. 30:7
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

Ex. 30:9
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

Ex. 40:27
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 40:35
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.