they alsoactedcraftilyand setout as envoys,and tookworn-outsackson their donkeys,and wineskinsworn-outand tornand mended,
But Jacob'ssonsansweredShechemand his fatherHamorwith deceit,becausehe had defiledDinahtheir sister.
ThoughI have becomelike a wineskinin the smoke,I do not forgetYour statutes.
"Behold,I sendyou out as sheepin the midstof wolves;sobe shrewdas serpentsand innocentas doves.
"Nordo [people] putnewwineinto oldwineskins;otherwisethe wineskinsburst,and the winepoursout and the wineskinsare ruined;but they putnewwineinto freshwineskins,and bothare preserved."
"No oneputsnewwineinto oldwineskins;otherwisethe winewill burstthe skins,and the wineis lostand the skins[as well]; but [one puts] newwineinto freshwineskins."
"And his masterpraisedthe unrighteousmanagerbecausehe had actedshrewdly;for the sonsof thisageare more shrewdin relationto their ownkindthanthe sonsof light.
"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.
"Thesewineskinswhichwe filledwere new,and behold,they are torn;and theseour clothesand our sandalsare wornout becauseof the verylongjourney."
When the inhabitantsof GibeonheardwhatJoshuahad doneto Jerichoand to Ai,
and worn-outand patchedsandalson their feet,and worn-outclotheson themselves; and allthe breadof their provisionwas dry[and] had becomecrumbled.
