10 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

Then he will bring the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.

Verse ConceptsOutside The CampBurning SacrificesRegulations For The Sin Offering

He is to bring them to the priest, who will first present the one for the sin offering. He must twist its head at the back of the neck without severing it.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Torn To Pieces

If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands in water, the person who was touched is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

Verse ConceptsContaminationPollutionsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

The Passover to the Lord comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month.

Verse ConceptsBeginningNew Year, TheYearsThe Number FourteenTwilightRegulations For PassoverMonths

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

Verse ConceptsNo Work On Feast DaysAgriculture

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest, you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.

Verse ConceptsSpringBinding cornInvasions

“Tell the Israelites: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a day of complete rest, commemoration, and joyful shouting—a sacred assembly.

Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetMonth 7Music To CelebrateSabbaths Instituted

There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work.

Verse ConceptsNo Work On Feast Days

“You are to celebrate the Lord’s festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh month for seven days after you have gathered the produce of the land. There will be complete rest on the first day and complete rest on the eighth day.

Verse ConceptsCropsDay 8Month 7Sabbaths Instituted

On the first day you are to take the product of majestic trees—palm fronds, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of TabernaclesSeven DaysFoliageWillowsBrooks

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Commencement (24 instances)
Foremost (17 instances)
Initiative (18 instances)
Leading (178 instances)
Maiden (40 instances)
Offset (3 instances)
Outset (2 instances)
Start (93 instances)

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