Joshua 9:3-9

³But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

⁴they decided on a cunning plan. They sent messengers to Joshua, their donkeys wearing worn-out saddles and carrying old wineskins that were torn and patched.

⁵They put on worn sandals that had been mended and wore old clothes. All their bread was dry and moldy.

⁶They went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and told him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a land far away, so please make a treaty with us.”

⁷But the Israelites said to the Hivites, “Maybe you live close by. If you do, we cannot make a treaty with you.”

⁸“We are your servants,” they replied. “But who are you? Where do you come from?” Joshua asked.

⁹“Your servants have come from a land far away,” they replied. “For we have heard of the reputation of the Lord your God, and reports of all that he did in Egypt,