12 This bread of ours we took hot for our provision from our houses on the day we departed to come to you. But now look, it is dry and moldy.

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12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is.

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they worked craftily, and went and [a]pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and [b]mended, old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

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  1. Joshua 9:4 acted as envoys
  2. Joshua 9:4 Lit. tied up

they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded[a] with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended. They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.

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  1. Joshua 9:4 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeys