Joshua 9:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Their sandals were old and patched, and their clothes were worn out. They even took along some dry and crumbly bread.

Cross References

Luke 15:22

But his father said to the servants, “Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.

Deuteronomy 33:25

and have strong town gates with bronze and iron bolts. Your people will be powerful for as long as they live.

Joshua 9:12

See this dry, crumbly bread of ours? It was hot out of the oven when we packed the food on the day we left our homes.

Joshua 9:13

These cracked wineskins were new when we filled them, and our clothes and sandals are worn out because we have travelled so far.

Joshua 9:4

So they decided that some of their men should pretend to be messengers to Israel from a faraway country. The men put worn out bags on their donkeys and found some old wineskins that had cracked and had been sewn back together.

Joshua 9:6

Then they went to the Israelite camp at Gilgal, where they said to Joshua and the men of Israel, “We have come from a country that is far from here. Please make a peace treaty with us.”