Joshua:9:3-13
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And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai ,
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They did work wilily ,
and went and made as if they had been ambassadors ,
and took old sacks upon their asses ,
and wine bottles ,
old ,
and rent ,
and bound up ;
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And old shoes and clouted upon their feet ,
and old garments upon them ;
and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy .
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And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal ,
and said unto him ,
and to the men of Israel ,
We be come from a far country :
now therefore make ye a league with us .
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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites ,
Peradventure ye dwell among us ;
and how shall we make a league with you ?
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And they said unto Joshua ,
We are thy servants .
And Joshua said unto them ,
Who are ye ?
and from whence come ye ?
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And they said unto him ,
From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God :
for we have heard the fame of him ,
and all that he did in Egypt ,
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And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites ,
that were beyond Jordan ,
to Sihon king of Heshbon ,
and to Og king of Bashan ,
which was at Ashtaroth .
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Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us ,
saying ,
Take victuals with you for the journey ,
and go to meet them ,
and say unto them ,
We are your servants :
therefore now make ye a league with us .
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This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ;
but now ,
behold ,
it is dry ,
and it is mouldy :
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And these bottles of wine ,
which we filled ,
were new ;
and ,
behold ,
they be rent :
and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey .