⁶ Then Joshua ^(A)tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they ^(B)put dust on their heads.

¹⁹ Then Tamar put ^(A)ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and ^(B)laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.

³² Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God—there was Hushai the ^(A)Archite coming to meet him ^(B)with his robe torn and dust on his head.

The People Confess Their Sins

9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of ^(A)this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, ^(B)and with ^[a]dust on their heads.

¹² And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and ^(A)sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.