5 Bible Verses about Things Going Before

And they set forward from the mount of LORD three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.

And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

And it came to pass, when the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan--the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people--

And when they heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star that they saw in the east went before them until, having come, it stood over where the child was.