Joshua 9:5-8

Contemporary English Version

⁵ Their sandals were old and patched, and their clothes were worn out. They even took along some dry and crumbly bread. ⁶ Then they went to the Israelite camp at Gilgal, where they said to Joshua and the men of Israel, “We have come from a country that is far from here. Please make a peace treaty with us.”

^7-8 (A) The Israelites replied, “But maybe you really live near us. We can't make a peace treaty with you if you live nearby.”^[a]

The Gibeonites^[b] said, “If you make a peace treaty with us, we will be your servants.”

“Who are you?” Joshua asked. “Where do you come from?”

They answered: