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Joshua 9:3-7

Joshua 9:3

The inhabitants of Gibeon also heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

Joshua 9:4

but they on their part acted craftily and went and took provisions for a journey, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins that were worn out, split open, and patched,

Joshua 9:5

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 had become crumbled.

Joshua 9:6

And they went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; now then, make a covenant with us.”

Joshua 9:7

But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then are we to make a covenant with you?”