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Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the LORD’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

Joshua 7:6 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયહોશુઆ ૭:૬
પછી યહોશુઆએ પોતાનાં વસ્ત્ર ફાડયાં, તેણે અને ઇઝરાયલના વડીલોએ પોતાના માથા પર ધૂળ નાખી અને સાંજ સુધી તેઓ યહોવાહનાં કોશ આગળ, ભૂમિ પર પડી રહ્યાં.
हिन्दीयहोशू ७:६
तब यहोशू ने अपने वस्त्र फाड़े, और वह और इस्राएली वृद्ध लोग यहोवा के सन्दूक के सामने मुँह के बल गिरकर भूमि पर साँझ तक पड़े रहे; और उन्होंने अपने-अपने सिर पर धूल डाली।

In context

4So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.

5The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them. They chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.

6Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the LORD’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

7Joshua said, “Alas, Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!

8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?

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