4. they on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended,
5. with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.
6. And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country, so now make a covenant with us.”
7. But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?”
8. They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?”
9. They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God. For we have heard a 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 the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
11. So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, “We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.”’