12 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

An offering of first -fruits -- ye bring them near to Jehovah, but on the altar they go not up, for sweet fragrance.

Verse ConceptsLeavenedRefreshing GodFirst fruits

and he hath brought out the bullock unto the outside of the camp, and hath burned it as he hath burned the first bullock; it is a sin-offering of the assembly.

Verse ConceptsOutside The CampBurning SacrificesRegulations For The Sin Offering

and he hath brought them in unto the priest, and hath brought near that which is for a sin-offering first, and hath wrung off its head from its neck, and doth not separate it,

Verse ConceptsAnimals Torn To Pieces

And he bringeth near the offering of the people, and taketh the goat of the sin-offering which is for the people, and slaughtered it, and maketh it a sin-offering, like the first;

Verse ConceptsExpiationOfferingsKilling Sacrifices

in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is the passover to Jehovah;

Verse ConceptsBeginningNew Year, TheYearsThe Number FourteenTwilightRegulations For PassoverMonths

on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work;

Verse ConceptsNo Work On Feast DaysAgriculture

out of your dwellings ye bring in bread of a wave-offering, two loaves, of two tenth deals of flour they are, with yeast they are baken, first -fruits to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsLeavenFeast Of WeeksYeastSwingingLeavenedTwo Other Things

and the priest hath waved them, besides the bread of the first -fruits -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, besides the two lambs; they are holy to Jehovah for the priest;

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingSwingingFirst fruits

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, ye have a sabbath, a memorial of shouting, a holy convocation;

Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetMonth 7Music To CelebrateSabbaths Instituted

on the first day is a holy convocation, ye do no servile work,

Verse ConceptsNo Work On Feast Days

Only -- in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, in your gathering the increase of the land, ye do keep the feast of Jehovah seven days; on the first day is a sabbath, and on the eighth day a sabbath;

Verse ConceptsCropsDay 8Month 7Sabbaths Instituted

and ye have taken to yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before Jehovah your God seven days.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of TabernaclesSeven DaysFoliageWillowsBrooks

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