Joshua 7:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Joshua rent his clothes... — The words of Joshua and his behaviour on this occasion are consistent with all that we read of him, and confirm the notion that he was not a man of a naturally daring and adventurous spirit, but inclined to distrust his own powers; and yet utterly indomitable and unflinching in the discharge of his duty — a man of moral rather than physical courage.

Joshua 7:6

6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.