Genesis 44:13
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13 Then they (A)tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.
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2 Samuel 1:11
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11 Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and (A)tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.
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2 Samuel 13:19
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19 Then Tamar put (A)ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and (B)laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.
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2 Samuel 1:2
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2 on the third day, behold, it happened that (A)a man came from Saul’s camp (B)with his clothes [a]torn and dust on his head. So it was, when he came to David, that he (C)fell to the ground and prostrated himself.
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- 2 Samuel 1:2 To show grief
Numbers 14:6
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6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
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Genesis 37:29-34
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29 Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he (A)tore his clothes. 30 And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad (B)is no more; and I, where shall I go?”
31 So they took (C)Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 32 Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”
33 And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A (D)wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” 34 Then Jacob (E)tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and (F)mourned for his son many days.
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