28 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have faith in the second 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

For seven days let your food be unleavened bread; from the first day no leaven is to be seen in your houses: whoever takes bread with leaven in it, from the first till the seventh day, will be cut off from Israel.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentSevenSeven DaysThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

And on the first day there is to be a holy meeting and on the seventh day a holy meeting; no sort of work may be done on those days but only to make ready what is necessary for everyone's food.

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

In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day, let your food be unleavened bread till the evening of the twenty-first day of the month.

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

Let the first male child of every mother among the children of Israel be kept holy for me, even the first male birth among man or beast; for it is mine.

Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationClaimsCeremoniesHoliness, As Set Apart For GodThe Act Of OpeningConsecrationOpening The WombPeople Belong To GodMaking People HolyRegulating SacrificesDedicationSanctification

You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningWombConsecrationOpening The WombPeople Belong To God

And for the young of an ass you may give a lamb in payment, or if you will not make payment for it, its neck is to be broken; but for all the first sons among your children, let payment be made.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingRules About Killing Animalsredeemed

And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.

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

Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeTypes Of ChristProcrastinationFirst fruitsTithes And Offering

And you are to put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group of five, and on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group of five;

Verse ConceptsClothBlue Cords

And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

Verse ConceptsEmeraldsPrecious StonesFour Other ThingsJewellery And God

Now this is the offering which you are to make on the altar: two lambs in their first year, every day regularly.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLambsOnce A DayTwo Animals

And the Lord said to Moses, Make two other stones like the first two; and I will put on them the words which were on the first stones, which were broken by you.

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

So Moses got two stones cut like the first; and early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had said, with the two stones in his hand.

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

Every first male child is mine; the first male birth of your cattle, the first male of every ox and sheep.

Verse ConceptsLivestockClaimsChild sacrificePeople Belong To God

A lamb may be given in payment for the young of an ass, but if you will not make payment for it, its neck will have to be broken. For all the first of your sons you are to make payment. No one is to come before me without an offering.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysLambsRansomRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingEmpty HandedRules About Killing Animals

And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.

Verse ConceptsBlue Cords

And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,

Verse ConceptsFiftiesLoops

And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesFour Other ThingsJewellery And God

On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsMonthTent Of MeetingTypes Of ChristCalendarsThe Tabernacle

So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.

Bible Theasaurus

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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