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How to Link to Highlighted LDS Scriptures

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Suppose you're writing an email (or posting online such as in a forum or blog) and you're linking to a LDS scripture online. Did you know you can highlight specific verse(s) with the Church's online LDS scriptures? If not here's how!

Single Verse
Let's say you want to link to 2 Nephi 2:5 and you want verse five to be highlighted. Go to http://scriptures.lds.org -> Book of Mormon -> 2 Nephi - > Chapter 2. The URL (link) for that page is:
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2
To highlight verse five add another forward slash "/" (without the quotes) and the number 5 to the end of the URL to look like this: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/5
And that's it!

Series of Verses
Add the forward slash (as above), the first verse in the series, a hyphen, and the last verse.
Example: 2 Nephi 2:5-7 = http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/5-7

Multiple Verses Not in a Series
Just add a comma after each verse.
Example: 2 Nephi 2:5, 7, 10 = http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/5,7,10

Multiple Verses
To make a combination of a series of verses and individual verses in one link you do both of the above together in whichever order the verses are to be highlighted.
Examples: 2 Nephi 2:5-7,10 = http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/5-7,10
2 Nephi 2:5,7-10 = http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/5,7-10

Anchors
For LDS Scriptures that are farther down the page you can add an anchor to the end of the URL and when the link is opened the page will jump down to the specified verse. All you have to do is add the # symbol (the anchor) and the verse number to the very end of the URL.
Examples: 2 Nephi 2:14 = http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/14#14
2 Nephi 2:25-27 = http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/25-27#25

Footnotes
Add the letter of the footnote you wish to reference. In the following example 2 Nephi 9:51 has a footnote b which references Eccl. 1:3. Note: This only works with single verses.
Example: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/9/51b

ldsWebguy.com explains the logic behind the URL setup of the online LDS Scriptures in the blog post, "Scripture URL Strategy on Scriptures.lds.org." That's where I learned that you can also link to the footnote references, and I used the same example.

For additional resources see the LDS Scriptures category.
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