Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tent' occurs 120 times in the standard works.

49 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tent' in the standard works and contain 40.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 31:33-34 (5 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 26:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 19:14 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 40:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 36:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 98 181 279
NT 0 39 39
BM 20 199 219
1 Ne. 14 14 28
2 Ne. 1 7 8
Jacob 0 5 5
Enos 0 2 2
Jarom 0 3 3
Omni 0 3 3
W of M 0 2 2
Mosiah 1 33 34
Alma 2 69 71
Hel. 0 27 27
3 Ne. 1 10 11
4 Ne. 0 4 4
Morm. 0 5 5
Ether 1 10 11
Moro. 0 5 5
DC 0 16 16
PGP 2 12 14
TOTAL 120 447 567

1 Ne. 2:6
And it came to pass that when he had traveled three days in the wilderness, he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river of water.

1 Ne. 2:15
And my father dwelt in a tent.

1 Ne. 3:1
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned from speaking with the Lord, to the tent of my father.

1 Ne. 4:38
And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the servant of Laban, and departed into the wilderness, and journeyed unto the tent of our father.

1 Ne. 5:7
And when we had returned to the tent of my father, behold their joy was full, and my mother was comforted.

1 Ne. 7:5
And it came to pass that the Lord did soften the heart of Ishmael, and also his household, insomuch that they took their journey with us down into the wilderness to the tent of our father.

1 Ne. 7:21
And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that they had done, and I did exhort them that they would pray unto the Lord their God for forgiveness. And it came to pass that they did so. And after they had done praying unto the Lord we did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.

1 Ne. 7:22
And it came to pass that we did come down unto the tent of our father. And after I and my brethren and all the house of Ishmael had come down unto the tent of my father, they did give thanks unto the Lord their God; and they did offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto him.

1 Ne. 9:1
And all these things did my father see, and hear, and speak, as he dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel, and also a great many more things, which cannot be written upon these plates.

1 Ne. 10:16
And all these things, of which I have spoken, were done as my father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.

1 Ne. 15:1
And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been carried away in the Spirit, and seen all these things, I returned to the tent of my father.

1 Ne. 16:6
Now, all these things were said and done as my father dwelt in a tent in the valley which he called Lemuel.

1 Ne. 16:10
And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning, and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship; and it was of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; and the one pointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness.

2 Ne. 23:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

Mosiah 2:6
And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having his tent with the door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they might remain in their tents and hear the words which king Benjamin should speak unto them;

Alma 51:34
And it came to pass that Teancum stole privily into the tent of the king, and put a javelin to his heart; and he did cause the death of the king immediately that he did not awake his servants.

Alma 52:1
And now, it came to pass in the twenty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, behold, when the Lamanites awoke on the first morning of the first month, behold, they found Amalickiah was dead in his own tent; and they also saw that Teancum was ready to give them battle on that day.

3 Ne. 22:2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes;

Ether 9:3
And the Lord warned Omer in a dream that he should depart out of the land; wherefore Omer departed out of the land with his family, and traveled many days, and came over and passed by the hill of Shim, and came over by the place where the Nephites were destroyed, and from thence eastward, and came to a place which was called Ablom, by the seashore, and there he pitched his tent, and also his sons and his daughters, and all his household, save it were Jared and his family.