'Instead' in the Bible

Instead, it is to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, so that we may carry out the worship of the Lord in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings. Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no share in the Lord!’

Instead, remain faithful to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.