Joshua 9:3-11

³And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

⁴They did work craftily, and went and made as if they had been embassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

⁵And old shoes and patched upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

⁶And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

⁷And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

⁸And they said to Joshua, we are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?

⁹And they said to him, From a very far country thy servants have come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

¹⁰And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.

¹¹Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us: