Joshua 9:3-13

Legacy Standard Bible

³ Now the inhabitants of ^(A)Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai. ⁴ So they also acted craftily and went and traveled as envoys and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and ^[a]mended, ⁵ and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was crumbled. ⁶ And they went to Joshua to the ^(B)camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; so now, cut a covenant with us.” ⁷ Then the men of Israel said to the ^(C)Hivites, “Perhaps you are living ^[b]within our land; ^(D)how then shall we cut a covenant with you?” ⁸ But they said to Joshua, “^(E)We are your servants.” Then Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?” ⁹ They said to him, “Your servants have come from ^(F)a very far country because of the ^[c]fame of Yahweh your God; for ^(G)we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt, ¹⁰ and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan who was at Ashtaroth. ¹¹ So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them and say to them, “^(H)We are your servants; now then, cut a covenant with us.”’ ¹² This bread of ours was warm when we took it for our provisions out of our houses on the day that we left to come to you; but now behold, it is dry and has become crumbled. ¹³ And these wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these clothes of ours and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey.”