'Before God' in the Bible

Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, made a burned offering to God: and Aaron came, with the chiefs of Israel, and had a meal with Moses' father-in-law, before God.

Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.