But Jacob replied, “First ¹  sell me your birthright.”

Then Jehoshaphat added, ¹  “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” ² 

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

Then Jehoshaphat added, ¹  “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” ² 

“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.

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

On the first day of the first month he had determined to make ¹  the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, ²  for the good hand of his God was on him.

The first of all the first fruits and all contributions of any kind ¹  will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house.

¹  David said, “Whoever attacks ²  the Jebusites first will become commanding general!” ³  So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked ⁴  first and became commander. ⁵ 

Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

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

In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, ¹  the word of the Lord came to me:

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

They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down ¹  the first time ²  to buy food.

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

Balak again sent princes, ¹  more numerous and more distinguished than the first. ² 

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

You have been rebelling against him ¹  from the very first day I knew you!

the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul,