Text -- Joshua 7:6 (NET)

7:6 Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt on their heads.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jos 7:6

¹ sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).

² tn Or “elders.”

³ 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 sn Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10; Ezek 27:30).