Let’s find the repeated phrases in the bible.
The text is available here: [The King James Version of the Bible] (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10)
First let’s look at the longest repeats, it is repeated once. In the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament, we find this long phrase that says that Hezekiah’s house was fancy.
The Second Book of the Kings
20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
39:2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
Now let’s look at a medium length phrase with 11 repeats:
after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
All repeats are in this book: The Fourth Book of Moses or Numbers. This is Torah, the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament.
Here’s the first example.
1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the
first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
These passages are about organizing the men, age 20+. Probably mostly prepping for war.
These are shorter multi-word phrases with high repeats:
Count Phrase
40 the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
34 written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
42 word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
31 , are they not written in the book of the
30 saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel
72 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
33 , are they not written in the book of
33 the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel
74 the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45 the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
42 the word of the LORD came unto me
41 : 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses
34 LORD of hosts, the God of Israel
34 the LORD of hosts, the God of
31 the ark of the covenant of the LORD
120 And it came to pass, when
75 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
63 : 1 And it came to pass
59 the word of the LORD came unto
56 And it shall come to pass,
55 And it came to pass, that
53 the house of the LORD, and
52 shall know that I am the LORD
48 And the LORD said unto Moses,
47 the door of the tabernacle of the
46 it shall come to pass, that
231 And it came to pass,
140 it came to pass, when
104 , and said unto him,
104 the house of the LORD,
99 And the LORD spake unto Moses
89 And it shall come to pass
86 And he said unto them,
83 it shall come to pass,
82 out of the land of Egypt
79 the LORD spake unto Moses,
79 the word of the LORD came
383 And it came to pass
275 it came to pass,
234 the house of the LORD
220 the word of the LORD
190 the children of Israel,
165 of the LORD, and
163 of the children of Israel
139 , I pray thee,
134 and said unto him,
131 the tabernacle of the congregation
123 saith the LORD of hosts
633 the children of Israel
454 of the LORD,
451 it came to pass
442 said unto him,
387 , and said,
356 of the children of
349 the LORD, and
343 said unto them,
307 , saith the LORD
The LORD is in most of the phrases. What does the LORD do? Mostly he spake/talked, especially to Moses.
The most repeated phrase is “the children of Israel”, repeated 633 times.
I think this book is most relevant to Jewish people because they are the grown-ups from Israel today.