Joshua 7:6
tore <07167> [rent.]
lay ... down <05307> [fell.]
evening <06153> [until the eventide.]
threw dirt <06083 05927> [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 1 Sa 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, 2 Sa 13:19, and in Ne 9:1, when a whole nation, "assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them." See also the case of Mordecai, Es 4:1, and Job 2:12, where his friends abased themselves to comfort him; refer also to Eze 27:30. Jon 3:6. 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.
Joshua 7:1
disobeyed <04603> [committed.]
Achan <05912> [for Achan.]
[Achar, Zimri. took.]
furious <0639> [the anger.]
Joshua 4:12
Reubenites Gadites ............... Israelites <01121> [the children.]
Joshua 4:2
men <0582 08147> [twelve men.]
Joshua 13:19
Kiriathaim <07156> [And Kirjathaim.]
This city, according to Eusebius, was situated ten miles west of Medeba.
[Sibman.]
Called Shibmah, Nu 32:38, and celebrated for its vines Jer 48:32. Isa 16:8, 9; on which last place, Jerome says, there were scarcely 500 paces between it and Heshbon.
Nehemiah 9:1
twenty-fourth <06242> [Now.]
On the first of this month was the feast of trumpets; on the tenth, the day of atonement; on the fourteenth began the feast of tabernacles, which lasted seven days, ending on the twenty- second; on the twenty-third, they separated themselves from their illegitimate wives; and on the twenty-fourth, they held a solemn day of fasting and confession of sin, and reading the law; the whole of which they closed by renewing their covenants.
twenty-fourth <06242> [twenty.]
month <02320> [of this month.]
Israelites <01121> [children.]
dust <0127> [earth.]
Job 2:12
gazed intently ........ recognize .... began <05234 05375> [knew him.]
loudly <06963> [their voice.]
tore <07167> [they rent.]
threw dust <06083 02236> [sprinkled dust upon.]
Ezekiel 27:30
loudly <06963> [shall cause.]
All that were on land, seeing this gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are here represented as setting up a dismal cry at the heart-rending sight.
throw <05927> [cast.]
roll <06428> [they shall wallow.]
