“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
Joshua 9:8 (BSB)
Context Reading
6They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.” 7But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?” 8“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?” 9“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt, 10and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan — Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.