Jos 7:6-7 | TSK | e4.org | rent , ; ; ; ; ; ; fell , ; until the eventide , , ; put dust Rending the clothes, beating the breast, tearing the hair, throwing dust upon the head, and falling prostrate, were usual signs of deep affliction and distress among the ancient Israelites. In illustration of this custom, see note on , when the messenger brought tidings to Eli of the discomfiture of the armies of Israel by the Philistines; again, in the case of Tamar, , and in , when a whole nation, "assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them." In the case of Mordecai, see note on . See note on , where his friends abased themselves to comfort him. See note on , see note on , and see note on . In each of these instances it is worthy of remark, that putting dust on the head generally follows rending of the clothes, and was the usual mode of evincing poignant sorrow.

‏ Joshua 7:6-7

rent Gen 37:29, Gen 37:34; Num 14:6; 2Sam 13:31; Ezra 9:3-5; Esth 4:1; Job 1:20; Acts 14:14

until the eventide Judg 20:23, Judg 20:26, Judg 21:2; 2Sam 1:12

put dust Rending the clothes, beating the breast, tearing the hair, throwing dust upon the head, and falling prostrate, were usual signs of deep affliction and distress among the ancient Israelites. In illustration of this custom, see note on 1Sam 4:12, when the messenger brought tidings to Eli of the discomfiture of the armies of Israel by the Philistines; again, in the case of Tamar, 2Sam 13:19, and in Neh 9:1, when a whole nation, "assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them." In the case of Mordecai, see note on Esth 4:1. See note on Job 2:12, where his friends abased themselves to comfort him. See note on Ezek 27:30, see note on Jonah 3:6, and see note on Mic 1:10. In each of these instances it is worthy of remark, that putting dust on the head generally follows rending of the clothes, and was the usual mode of evincing poignant sorrow.

wherefore Exod 5:22-23; Num 14:3; 2Kgs 3:10; Ps 116:11; Jer 12:1-2; Heb 12:5

to deliver Exod 14:11-12, Exod 17:3; Num 20:4-5; Matt 17:17, Matt 17:20; Mark 8:17-18

would to Exod 16:3

and dwelt Josh 1:2-4