How many times is Moses mentioned in the Bible?
The word Moses appears 847 times in the King James Version, in 783 verses. It is found in 31 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Moses 849 times.
Moses in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Moses counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Moses | 847 | 849 |
| Total | 847 | 849 |
Which books mention Moses most
Moses appears in 31 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Exodus has the most (290), then Numbers (234) and Leviticus (86).
Also in: 2 Kings (6), Judges (4), 1 Kings (4), Romans (4), Ezra (3), 2 Corinthians (3), 1 Samuel (2), Isaiah (2), Daniel (2), 1 Corinthians (2), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1), Malachi (1), 2 Timothy (1), Jude (1), Revelation (1).
First and last mention of Moses
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
The verse that uses it most is Exodus 34:29, 3 times (tied with Exodus 34:35, Leviticus 8:29, Joshua 11:15):
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 3 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Exodus 4:24: counted in the World English Bible only
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
On the way at a lodging place, Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.
Exodus 18:3: counted in the World English Bible only
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
Verses with Moses on our topic pages
5 verses that use Moses in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
On: Loneliness
For he joined with Yahweh. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
On: Obedience
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
On: Divorce
and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
On: Freedom
But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”
On: Angels
Common questions
How many times is Moses in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 767 of the 847 uses are in the Old Testament and 80 in the New Testament. Moses appears in 31 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Exodus has the most (290), then Numbers (234) and Leviticus (86).
Where is Moses first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Exodus 2:10: "And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water." The last is Revelation 15:3.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.