Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'appoint' occurs 87 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'appoint' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 21:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 49:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 51:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 37 111 148
Gen. 2 4 6
Ex. 2 2 4
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 6 5 11
Josh. 1 3 4
Judg. 0 4 4
1 Sam. 2 7 9
2 Sam. 3 4 7
1 Kgs. 2 4 6
2 Kgs. 0 5 5
1 Chr. 1 6 7
2 Chr. 0 7 7
Ezra 0 4 4
Neh. 1 9 10
Esth. 1 5 6
Job 1 9 10
Ps. 0 7 7
Prov. 0 4 4
Isa. 2 4 6
Jer. 6 5 11
Ezek. 5 3 8
Dan. 0 8 8
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
NT 4 23 27
BM 11 66 77
DC 34 185 219
PGP 1 5 6
TOTAL 87 390 477

Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 6:9
And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

Ezra 8:20
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

Ezra 10:14
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.