Joshua rent his clothes, in testimony of great sorrow, as Genesis 37:34, Genesis 44:13, for the loss felt, the consequent mischief feared, and the sin which he suspected. Fell to the earth upon his face, in deep humiliation and fervent supplication. Until the eventide; continuing the whole day in fasting and prayer. Put dust upon their heads; as was usual in case of grief and astonishment, 1 Samuel 4:12 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 13:19 Jonah 3:6 Micah 1:10.
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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.