Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.

Laid her

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Bible References

Put ashes

2 Samuel 1:2
And it will be in the third day, and behold, a man came from the camp from Saul, and his garments rent and dust upon his head: and it will be in his coming to David and he will fall to the earth and worship him.
Joshua 7:6
And Joshua will rend his garments and will fall upon his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah even till evening, he and the old men of Israel; and they will lift up dust upon their heads.
Job 2:12
And they will lift up their eyes from far off, and they knew him not, and they will lift up their voice and weep; and they will rend each his covering, and they will sprinkle dust upon their heads to the heavens.
Job 42:6
For this, I shall melt away, and I lamented in dust and ashes.

Laid her

Jeremiah 2:37
Also from this thou wilt go forth and thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah rejected thy trusts and thou shalt not give success to them.

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Genesis 44:13
And they will rend their garments, and will lift up each upon his ass, and will turn back to the city.