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Definition of Firstlings
1. firstling [n] - See also: firstling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firstlings
Literary usage of Firstlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"... The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it: from this
moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. ..."
2. Traditions & Beliefs of Ancient Israel by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1907)
"11-16) YAHWEH'S requirement of the firstlings (cp. w. i f., P). One point has
been rather too carelessly treated. In v. 12 •am 1BD (separated by Pasek) is ..."
3. Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article Israel by Julius Wellhausen (1885)
"The passover corresponds with the firstlings of Abel the shepherd, the other
three with the fruits presented by Cain the husbandman ; apart from this ..."
4. Biblical Archaeology by Louis Berkhof (1915)
"The firstlings. The male firstlings of oxen, sheep and goats were brought to the
sanctuary a year after the eighth day of their life and were offered to the ..."
5. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and by Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, John Gardner Wilkinson (1889)
"... some of his horses, firstlings of all his other posses- tomb; but otherwise
the description of Herodotus accords almost exactly with the modern ..."
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