What was the significance of Joshua tearing his clothes?
Joshua 7:6 (ESV)
6Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORDuntil the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
The tearing of clothes expresses overwhelming grief in response to loss (see Genesis 37:34).1
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.