On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

You shall count seven weeks to yourselves. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time you began to put the sickle to the grain.

Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.

They began to worship other gods, bowing down to gods they had not known—gods that the Lord had not permitted them to worship.