Joshua 9:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ they on their part acted with cunning: they went and prepared provisions,^[a] 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 moldy. ⁶ They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the Israelites, “We have come from a far country; so now make a treaty with us.”