Joshua 9:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ and they devised a cunning plot. They prepared provisions, collecting them and putting them into old sacks upon their donkeys, along with old wineskins that were torn and mended. ⁵ They put old mended sandals on their feet, and dressed in old clothing, making sure that all of their provisions were dried out and crumbling. ⁶ They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and to the people of Israel, “We have come here from a distant country, so make a covenant with us.”