6 Then they went to Joshua at the camp at Gilʹgal+ and said to him and the men of Israel: “We have come from a distant land. Now make a covenant with us.” 7 But the men of Israel said to the Hiʹvites:+ “Perhaps you are living near us. So how can we make a covenant with you?”+ 8 They replied to Joshua: “We are your servants.”*
Then Joshua said to them: “Who are you, and where do you come from?” 9 At this they said to him: “Your servants have come from a very distant land+ out of regard for the name of Jehovah your God, because we have heard about his fame and about all he did in Egypt+ 10 and about all he did to the two kings of the Amʹor·ites who were on the other side* of the Jordan, King Siʹhon+ of Heshʹbon and King Og+ of Baʹshan, who was in Ashʹta·roth. 11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions with you for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: “We will be your servants;+ now make a covenant with us.”’+ 12 This bread that we took as our provisions was still hot on the day we left our houses to come here to you. Now you can see it is dry and crumbly.+ 13 And these wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they have burst.+ And our garments and sandals have worn out because of the great length of the journey.”
14 At that the men took* some of their provisions, but they did not inquire of Jehovah.+ 15 So Joshua made peace with them+ and made a covenant with them to let them live, and that is what the chieftains of the assembly swore to them in an oath.+