Tearing clothes and putting dirt or ashes on the head was a normal reaction to grief and horror in the Old Testament (see 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 15:32; Joshua 7:6).1
Tearing clothes and putting dirt or ashes on the head was a normal reaction to grief and horror in the Old Testament (see 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 15:32; Joshua 7:6).1
12 Un homme de Benjamin accourut du champ de bataille et vint à Silo le même jour, les vêtements déchirés et la tête couverte de terre.