9 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.

Verse ConceptsOutside The CampBurning SacrificesRegulations For The Sin Offering

He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first that which is for the sin offering and shall nip its head at the front of its neck, but he shall not sever it.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Torn To Pieces

Then he presented the people’s offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first.

Verse ConceptsExpiationOfferingsKilling Sacrifices

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.

Verse ConceptsBeginningNew Year, TheYearsThe Number FourteenTwilightRegulations For PassoverMonths

On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

Verse ConceptsNo Work On Feast DaysAgriculture

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetMonth 7Music To CelebrateSabbaths Instituted

On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind.

Verse ConceptsNo Work On Feast Days

‘On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day.

Verse ConceptsCropsDay 8Month 7Sabbaths Instituted

Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of TabernaclesSeven DaysFoliageWillowsBrooks

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