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.

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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.

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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.

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The People Confess Their Sins

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:1 Lit. earth on them

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.

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