They wentto Joshuato the campat Gilgaland saidto him and to the menof Israel,"We have comefrom a farcountry;nowtherefore, makea covenantwith us."
"Alsoconcerningthe foreignerwhois not of Your peopleIsrael,when he comesfrom a farcountryfor Your name'ssake
Then Isaiahthe prophetcameto KingHezekiahand saidto him, "Whatdid thesemensay,and from wherehave they cometo you?" And Hezekiahsaid,"They have comefrom a farcountry,from Babylon."
So Joshuaand allIsraelwith him returnedto the campat Gilgal.
Then the menof Gibeonsent[word] to Joshuato the campat Gilgal,saying,"Do not abandonyour servants;comeup to us quicklyand saveus and helpus, for allthe kingsof the Amoritesthat livein the hillcountryhave assembledagainstus."
Now the peoplecameup from the Jordanon the tenthof the firstmonthand campedat Gilgalon the easternedgeof Jericho.
While the sonsof Israelcampedat Gilgalthey observedthe Passoveron the eveningof the fourteenthdayof the monthon the desertplainsof Jericho.
and worn-outand patchedsandalson their feet,and worn-outclotheson themselves; and allthe breadof their provisionwas dry[and] had becomecrumbled.
They saidto him, "Your servantshave comefrom a veryfarcountrybecause of the fameof the LORDyour God;for we have heardthe reportof Him and allthat He didin Egypt,
