5. old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves. All the bread of their provision was dry and crumbly.
6. They went to Joshua at the Gilgal settlement and said to him and the children of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Now make a pact with us.”
7. Then the children of Israel said to these Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us, so how could we make a pact with you?”
8. Yet they said to Joshua, “We are your slaves.”Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”