'Beside' in the Bible

Are they not across the Jordan, west of the way toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

“You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord your God, which you shall make for yourself.

“Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may remain there as a witness against you.