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They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread[a] was dry and hard.[b] They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.” The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us.[c] So how can we make a treaty with you?”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:5 tn Heb “all the bread of their provisions.”
  2. Joshua 9:5 tn Or “moldy.”
  3. Joshua 9:7 tn Heb “in our midst.”

They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy. Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal(A) and said to him and the Israelites, “We have come from a distant country;(B) make a treaty(C) with us.”

The Israelites said to the Hivites,(D) “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty(E) with you?”

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