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Joshua 7:6-8
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6 Joshua tore his clothes;[a] he and the leaders[b] of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening[c] and threw dirt on their heads.[d] 7 Joshua prayed,[e] “O, Sovereign Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! 8 O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated[f] before its enemies?

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  1. Joshua 7:6 sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).
  2. Joshua 7:6 tn Or “elders.”
  3. Joshua 7:6 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. Joshua 7:6 sn Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10; Ezek 27:30).
  5. Joshua 7:7 tn Heb “said.”
  6. Joshua 7:8 tn Heb “turned [the] back.”
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