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Joshua tore his clothes;[a] he and the leaders[b] of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening[c] and threw dirt on their heads.[d]

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  1. Joshua 7:6 sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).
  2. Joshua 7:6 tn Or “elders.”
  3. Joshua 7:6 tn Heb “and fell on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel.”
  4. Joshua 7:6 sn Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10; Ezek 27:30).