48 occurrences in 13 translations

'First' in the Bible

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

Verse ConceptsNot Believing PeopleNot Believing Signs

And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornServanthood, And Worship Of GodDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingWorshipping GodGod Killed The Peoples

And death will come to every mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the grain; and the first births of all the cattle.

Verse ConceptsGrindingSittingThroneDeath Of The FirstbornDeath Of CreaturesGreat And SmallBoth Men And Animals KilledDeath Of Other GroupsThe Death Of BabiesDeath Of A ChildFamily Death

For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornGod, The LordDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingI Am The LordBoth Men And Animals KilledGod Will Kill The Peoples

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentSevenSeven DaysThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

Verse ConceptsHolidayWork, And RestConvocationsThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7No Work On Feast DaysChristmas TreeGraduationcookingprepping

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

Verse ConceptsEvening

And in the middle of the night the Lord sent death on every first male child in the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power to the child of the prisoner in the prison; and the first births of all the cattle.

Verse ConceptsLivestockDungeonsDeath penaltyPrisonersRetributionThroneAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronMidnightDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingKilling Domesticated AnimalsGreat And SmallImprisonmentsBoth Men And Animals KilledAngel Of DeathGod Killed The PeoplesFamily Death

you are to dedicate to the LORD everything that first opens the womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningWombConsecrationOpening The WombPeople Belong To God

But every first offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingRules About Killing Animalsredeemed

And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of humans to the firstborn of animals. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD every male that first opens the womb, but I redeem every firstborn of my sons.

Verse ConceptsStubbornness, Consequences OfDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingMale AnimalsBoth Men And Animals KilledHindering God's WorkGod Killed The PeoplesRegulating Sacrifices

Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeTypes Of ChristProcrastinationFirst fruitsTithes And Offering

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodMilkEcologyYoung AnimalAnimal MothersFirst fruits

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Verse ConceptsAlmondsThree Other Things

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a calyx must be under the first pair of branches from it, a calyx under the second pair of branches from it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches from it.

Verse ConceptsSix Things

Make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set, and do the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

Verse ConceptsClothBlue Cords

Make 50 loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost in the first set, and make 50 loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain of the second set.

Verse ConceptsFifties

and make 40 silver bases under the 20 planks, two bases under the first plank for its two tenons, and two bases under the next plank for its two tenons;

Verse ConceptsTwentyTwo Parts Of ConstructionsFortiesTenons And Bars

along with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each plank;

Verse ConceptsTwo Parts Of ConstructionsForties

They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete to its top to the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.

Verse ConceptsCornersDoubled OverBeing Single

There are to be eight planks with their silver bases: 16 bases; two bases under the first plank and two bases under each plank.

Verse ConceptsEight ThingsSixteenTwo Parts Of Constructions

six of their names on the first stone and the remaining six names on the second stone, in the order of their birth.

Verse ConceptsSix Things

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

Verse ConceptsEmeraldsPrecious StonesFour Other ThingsJewellery And God

The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.

Verse ConceptsWeeksSevenSeven DaysPriests Garments

Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLambsOnce A DayTwo Animals

The first lamb you are to prepare in the morning, and the second lamb you are to prepare around sundown.

Verse ConceptsMorning WorshipAnimals, Types OfTwilight

With the first lamb offer two quarts of fine flour mixed with one quart of oil from crushed olives, and a drink offering of one quart of wine.

Verse ConceptsOilOlivesWinedrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingQuantities Of WineA Fourth PartA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

Verse ConceptsFinger Of GodTwoLaw, Ten CommandmentsLeaders, PoliticalToolsWritingSplitting RocksCutting StonesStone ItemsTwo Stone TabletsBreaking The Ten CommandmentsGod Writing With His Finger

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

Verse ConceptsTabletsRising EarlyCutting StonesGoing Up MountainsStone ItemsThose Who Rose EarlyTwo Stone Tablets

“The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.

Verse ConceptsLivestockClaimsChild sacrificePeople Belong To God

You shall redeem with a lamb the first offspring from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. None shall appear before Me empty-handed.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysLambsRansomRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingEmpty HandedRules About Killing Animals

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodMilkEcologyYoung AnimalAnimal MothersFirst fruits

He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set and did the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

Verse ConceptsBlue Cords

He made fifty loops on the first curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesOpposite Sides

He made 50 loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and 50 loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesLoops

and he made 40 silver bases to put under the 20 planks, two bases under the first plank for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following planks for their two tenons;

Verse ConceptsTwentyTwo Parts Of ConstructionsForties

with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each of the following ones;

Verse ConceptsTwo Parts Of ConstructionsForties

They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its top to the first ring; thus he did with both of them for the two corners.

Verse ConceptsDoubled Over

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Verse ConceptsAlmondsSix ThingsThree Other Things

For the six branches that extended from it, a calyx was under the first pair of branches from it, a calyx under the second pair of branches from it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches from it.

Verse ConceptsSix Things

And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesFour Other ThingsJewellery And God

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Verse ConceptsMonthTent Of MeetingTypes Of ChristCalendarsThe Tabernacle

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

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