21 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Verse ConceptsTent Of MeetingTentsMonth 2

and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head,

Verse ConceptsCongregationAssembling IsraelMonth 2Family First

The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstOne Hundred Thousand And MoreFirst To Fight

“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Israel's priestsVicarious Substitution

Now the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;

for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPeople Belong To God

Thus the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Verse ConceptsMonth

They observed the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did.

Verse ConceptsTwilight

Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”

Verse ConceptsJoy, Of IsraelMemorialNew Moon FestivalTrumpetAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAnimal Sacrifices, Peace OfferingTrumpets For CelebrationThe Lord Is GodFestivals ObservedRegulating Sacrifices

So they moved out for the first time according to the commandment of the Lord through Moses.

Verse ConceptsFirst Actions

The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah, according to their armies, set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army,

Verse ConceptsFlagsOrder Of MarchFirst To ActPeople Of Judah

Of the first of your dough you shall lift up a cake as an offering; as the offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up.

Verse ConceptsGrindingThreshing Floor

From the first of your dough you shall give to the Lord an offering throughout your generations.

Verse ConceptsGrinding

Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornAnimals, religious role ofWomb

Then the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people stayed at Kadesh. Now Miriam died there and was buried there.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfAaron, Sins OfWilderness Of ZinMonth 1

And he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said,“Amalek was the first of the nations,But his end shall be destruction.”

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople BeginningWise Proverbs

‘Then on the fourteenth day of the first month shall be the Lord’s Passover.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodYearsThe Number FourteenRegulations For Passover

On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.

Verse ConceptsConvocationsNo Work On Feast Days

‘Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of TrumpetsHolidayHoliness, As Set Apart For GodMonthNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetYearsConvocationsMonth 7Trumpets For CelebrationNo Work On Feast DaysMonths

They journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians,

Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleSpectators

Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come from the land of Egypt, on the first day in the fifth month.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTMonthMonth 5

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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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