Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'firstborn' occurs 138 times in the standard works.

53 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'firstborn' in the standard works and contain 38.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 13:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 11:5 (4 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:29 (4 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 2:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 5:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 0 110
Gen. 20 0 20
Ex. 20 0 20
Num. 18 0 18
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 25 0 25
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 5 0 5
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 7 0 7
BM 6 0 6
DC 14 0 14
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 138 0 138

Ps. 78:51
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Ps. 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Ps. 105:36
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

Ps. 135:8
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

Ps. 136:10
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: