⁵ worn-out, patched sandals for their feet, and worn-out clothes. All of their food was dried out and covered in mold. ⁶ Then they approached Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and addressed him and the Israelis, “We’ve arrived from a distant country, so please make a treaty with us right now.”

⁷ But the Israelis responded to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live in our midst. If this is so,^[a] how can we make a treaty with you?”