Joshua 9:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ And very old shoes, which for a shew of age were clouted with patches, and old garments upon them: the leaves also, which they carried for provisions by the way, were hard, and broken into pieces:

⁶ And they went to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him, and to all Israel with him: We are come from a far country, desiring to make peace with you. And the children of Israel answered them, and said:

⁷ Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you.