Jos 9:4 | NIV | STEP | they resorted to a ruse: they went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

Joshua 9:4

4 they resorted to a ruse: they went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded ^{▼▼Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeys} with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.