King James Version (KJV)
Joshua 9:5
“And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry [and] mouldy.”
Verse in context — Joshua 9
3
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
4
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
5
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry [and] mouldy.
6
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
7
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
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Israel conquers and settles the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership.
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