Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'twenty' occurs 372 times in the standard works.

159 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'twenty' in the standard works and contain 42.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 61 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

3 Ne. 5:7-8 (6 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 2:10 (4 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 45:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 3:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:40-51:1 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 41:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:63 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:20 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:59 (2 in 1 verse)


Ex. 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.




Judg. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:37-52:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:23-54:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 282 0 282
Gen. 11 0 11
Ex. 22 0 22
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 31 0 31
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 12 0 12
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 23 0 23
2 Kgs. 15 0 15
1 Chr. 31 0 31
2 Chr. 35 0 35
Ezra 19 0 19
Neh. 18 0 18
Esth. 3 0 3
Ps. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 35 0 35
Dan. 2 0 2
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 12 0 12
BM 57 0 57
DC 9 0 9
PGP 12 0 12
TOTAL 372 0 372

Ex. 26:2
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

Ex. 26:18
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

Ex. 26:19
And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

Ex. 26:20
And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

Ex. 27:10
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

Ex. 27:11
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Ex. 27:16
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

Ex. 30:13
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

Ex. 30:14
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.

Ex. 36:9
The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

Ex. 36:23
And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

Ex. 36:24
And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

Ex. 36:25
And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

Ex. 38:10
Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

Ex. 38:11
And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Ex. 38:18
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Ex. 38:24
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

Ex. 38:26
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.