New American Standard Bible

Joshua 9:4-9 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

4. they also acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and 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 had become crumbled.

6. They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a covenant with us."

7. The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?"

8. But they said to Joshua, "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 a very far country because of the fame of the Lord your God; for we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt,