3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
4 they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and old, torn-up and bound up wine skins,
5 and old and patched shoes on their feet, and wore old garments. All the bread of their food supply was dry and mouldy.
6 They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country. Now therefore make a covenant with us.”
7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you live amongst us? How could we make a covenant with you?”
8 They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.”Joshua said to them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”
9 They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of the Lord your God; for we have heard of his fame, all that he did in Egypt,