Job 2:13

"When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

So they sat down with him upon the ground; -seeJob 1:20, note;Job 2:8, note; compareEzra 9:3, “I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head, and my beard, and sat down astonished.” Seven days and seven nights -Seven days was the usual time of mourning among the Orientals. Thus, they made public lamentation for Jacob seven days,Genesis 50:10. Thus, on the death of Saul, they fasted seven days,1 Samuel 31:13. So the author of the book of Ecclesiasticus says,” Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead;” Eccles. 22:12.

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