⁵ Their sandals were worn-out and repaired, and their clothes were tattered. All their bread was dried out and crumbling. ⁶ They came to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal. They told Joshua and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country. Make a treaty with us right now.”

⁷ The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you’re living in this area? We wouldn’t be able to make a treaty with you.”