Joshua 9:4-6

Lexham English Bible

⁴ and they acted on their part with cunning: they went and prepared provisions,^[a] and took worn-out sacks^[b] for their donkeys and old wineskins that were torn and mended. ⁵ The sandals on their feet were patched and old, their clothes were old, and their food was dry and crumbled. ⁶ And they went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far land; so then make a covenant with us.”^[c]