Joshua 9:6-9 ▼

6 And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; so now, cut a covenant with us.”

7 Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we cut a covenant with you?”

8 But they said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

9 They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very far country because of the fame of Yahweh your God; for we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt,