Cross References

Joshua 9:5

Good News Translation

They put on ragged clothes and worn-out sandals that had been mended. The bread they took with them was dry and moldy.

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But the father called to his servants. ‘Hurry!’ he said. ‘Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.

For forty years the Lord led you through the desert, and your clothes and sandals never wore out.

May his towns be protected with iron gates, And may he always live secure.”

Look at our bread. When we left home with it and started out to meet you, it was still warm. But look! Now it is dry and moldy.

When we filled these wineskins, they were new, but look! They are torn. Our clothes and sandals are worn out from the long trip.”

and they decided to deceive him. They went and got some food and loaded their donkeys with worn-out sacks and patched-up wineskins.

Then they went to the camp at Gilgal and said to Joshua and the Israelites, “We have come from a distant land. We want you to make a treaty with us.”