¹¹ Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, ‘Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, “We are your servants; now therefore, make a covenant with us.” ’

¹⁷ And in every province and city, wherever the king’s command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast ^(A)and a holiday. Then many of the people of the land ^(B)became Jews, because ^(C)fear of the Jews fell upon them.

⁸ But they said to Joshua, ^(A)“We are your servants.”

And Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”

^3 (A)And He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither staffs nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have two tunics apiece.

^9 (A)Provide neither gold nor silver nor ^(B)copper in your money belts, ¹⁰ nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; ^(C)for a worker is worthy of his food.

¹¹ “Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for ^(A)within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.’ ”

¹² Take double money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money ^(A)that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.