The first lot went to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

The first to state his case ¹  seems ²  right, until his opponent ³  begins to ⁴  cross-examine him. ⁵ 

The father of your nation ¹  sinned; your spokesmen ²  rebelled against me.

“‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.

But they ¹  pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

The first came out reddish ¹  all over, ²  like a hairy ³  garment, so they named him Esau. ⁴ 

“On the first day of the first month you are to set up ¹  the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.

So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month, in the second year.

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, ¹  is a Passover offering to the Lord.

On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work. ¹ 

On the first day is a holy assembly; you must do no regular work. ¹ 

The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah. ¹ 

And on the first day there is to be a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work ¹  on it.

The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month ¹  and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. ² 

The first lot went to Asaph’s son Joseph and his relatives and sons – twelve in all, ¹  the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons – twelve in all,

He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.

In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.

Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. ¹  They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹  The exiles ²  observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives.