8. The Hivite men said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” But Joshua asked, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”
9. The men answered, “We are your servants. We have come from a faraway country. We came because we heard of the great power of the Lord your God. We heard about what he has done and about everything he did in Egypt.
10. And we heard that he defeated the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan River. This was King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in the land of Ashtaroth.
11. So our elders and our people said to us, ‘Take enough food for your journey. Go and meet with the Israelites.’ Tell them, ‘We are your servants. Make a peace agreement with us.’
12. “Look at our bread. When we left home, it was warm and fresh. But now you can see that it is dry and old.