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Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
He entrusted them to his slaves as separate herds and said to them, “Go on ahead of me, and leave some distance between the herds.”
And he told the first one: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose animals are these ahead of you?’
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”
He himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground
Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
And now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.
God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin,
Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
These are the clans of Simeon.
The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud
The Lord answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go.
“I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror
I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.
I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous
I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,
I will send an angel ahead of you and will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,
They set out from the mountain of the Lord on a three-day journey with the ark of the Lord’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
The Angel of the Lord went ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or the left.
But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our dependents will remain in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
“Then
“I commanded you at that time: The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. All your fighting men will cross over in battle formation ahead of your brothers the Israelites.
But commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit this land that you will see.’
But understand that today the Lord your God will cross over ahead of you
Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, so that they may enter and possess the land I swore to give their fathers.’
The Lord your God is the One who will cross ahead of you.
Your wives, young children, and livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan.
Then he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
when the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth
When the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant
When there is a prolonged blast of the horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the city wall will collapse, and the people will advance, each man straight ahead.”
He said to the people, “Move forward, march around the city, and have the armed troops go ahead of the ark of the Lord.”
So the people shouted, and the trumpets sounded. When they heard the blast of the trumpet, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed.
I sent the hornet
Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed
Ehud made himself a double-edged sword 18 inches long.
When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he dismissed the people who had carried it.
Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his room upstairs where it was cool. Ehud said, “I have a word from God for you,” and the king stood up from his throne.
Ehud
Even the handle went in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s insides came out.
Ehud escaped by way of the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upstairs room behind him.
Ehud was gone when Eglon’s servants came in. They looked and found the doors of the upstairs room locked and thought he was relieving himself
Ehud escaped while the servants waited. He crossed over the Jordan near the carved images and reached Seirah.
After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath became judge. He delivered Israel by striking down 600 Philistines with an oxgoad.
Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim with this message: “Come down to intercept the Midianites and take control of the watercourses ahead of them as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim
Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen grain
Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”
The women answered, “Yes, he is ahead of you. Hurry, he just now came to the city, because there’s a sacrifice
“I am the seer,” Samuel answered.
As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the attendant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I’ll reveal the word of God to you.” So the attendant went on.
Afterward, go ahead of me to Gilgal. I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice fellowship offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what to do.”
So they went to Ziph ahead of Saul.
Now David and his men were in the wilderness near Maon
Then she said to her male servants, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.”
He took all the sheep and cattle, which were driven ahead of the other livestock, and the people shouted, “This is David’s plunder!”
When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the Lord will have marched out ahead of you to attack the camp of the Philistines.”
There were 1,000 men from Benjamin with him. Ziba, an attendant from the house of Saul,
Adonijah son of Haggith
Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”
“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”
The power of the Lord
Gehazi went ahead of them and placed the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or sign of life, so he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy didn’t wake up.”
But Naaman insisted, “Please, accept 150 pounds.”
Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders
Isaiah said, “This is the sign
Bilhan’s sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then march out to battle, for God will have marched out ahead of you to attack the camp of the Philistines.”
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!
fix your gaze
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;
Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.
This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for you and your wives, you women have spoken with your mouths, and you men fulfilled it by your deeds, saying, “We will keep our vows that we have made to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings for her.” Go ahead, confirm your vows! Pay your vows!’
Their wings were touching. The creatures did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
Each creature went straight ahead.
Their faces looked like the same faces I had seen
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them.
Its stairway had seven steps, and its portico was ahead of them. It had palm trees on its pilasters, one on each side.
each woman straight ahead,
and you will be driven along toward Harmon.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
and redeemed you
I sent Moses,
and more fierce
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.