15 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

And let him take them to the priest, who will first give the sin-offering, twisting off its head from its neck, but not cutting it in two;

Verse ConceptsAnimals Torn To Pieces

And say to the children of Israel: Take a he-goat for a sin-offering, and a young ox and a lamb, in their first year, without any mark on them, for a burned offering;

Verse ConceptsGoatsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesSacrificing GoatsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And he made an offering for the people and took the goat of the sin-offering for the people and put it to death, offering it for sin, in the same way as the first.

Verse ConceptsExpiationOfferingsKilling Sacrifices

And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering:

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsSacrifices At The DoorwayAnimals At Specific Ages

And on the eighth day let him take two male lambs, without any marks on them, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, and three tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidDay 8Oil On SacrificesMale AnimalsFemale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsOther Volume Measures

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at nightfall, is the Lord's Passover;

Verse ConceptsBeginningNew Year, TheYearsThe Number FourteenTwilightRegulations For PassoverMonths

On the first day you will have a holy meeting; you may do no sort of field-work.

Verse ConceptsNo Work On Feast DaysAgriculture

And on the day of the waving of the grain, you are to give a male lamb of the first year, without any mark, for a burned offering to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringLambsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific Ages

And with the bread, take seven lambs of the first year, without any marks, and one ox and two male sheep, to be a burned offering to the Lord, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, an offering of a sweet smell made by fire to the Lord.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringSevenAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSeven AnimalsFragrancePerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle

Say to the children of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a special day of rest for you, a day of memory, marked by the blowing of horns, a meeting for worship.

Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetMonth 7Music To CelebrateSabbaths Instituted

On the first day there will be a holy meeting: do no field-work.

Verse ConceptsNo Work On Feast Days

But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.

Verse ConceptsCropsDay 8Month 7Sabbaths Instituted

On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of TabernaclesSeven DaysFoliageWillowsBrooks

But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.

Verse ConceptsYearsReversion Of Things

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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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