Esther 4:2
he went up to the entrance of the gate of the king, for he could not go to the gate of the king in sackcloth.
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And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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Genesis 37:34
And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.