"Thisour bread[was] warm[when] we tookit for our provisionsout of our houseson the daythat we leftto cometo you; but nowbehold,it is dryand has becomecrumbled.
"So our eldersand allthe inhabitantsof our countryspoketo us, saying,'Takeprovisionsin your handfor the journey,and goto meetthem and sayto them, "We are your servants;nowthen, makea covenantwith us."'
"Thesewineskinswhichwe filledwere new,and behold,they are torn;and theseour clothesand our sandalsare wornout becauseof the verylongjourney."
