~ days that were before ~ 04_NUM_06_12  And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering, but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. #, 40_MAT_24_38  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, #,