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.

⁴ 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. ⁵ They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.