~ were before you ~ 03_LEV_18_27  (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;) #, 03_LEV_18_28  That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you. #, 40_MAT_05_12  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad, for great [is] your reward in heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. #,