Joshua 9:11-13

11Our leaders and all our people told us to come to meet you. Our leaders said, “Take food and drink for your journey. Go to meet them, and say to them, ‘We want to be your servants. Please promise not to fight against us.’ ”

12We have come a very long way. This bread was warm when we put it in our bags on the day that we left home. But see how hard and dry it has become.

13These bags of wine were new, but see how old and spoiled they are now. Our clothes and our shoes have become old as we made our long journey.’