They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

They told him, &#8220;Your subjects<n id="1" /> have come from a very distant land because of the reputation<n id="2" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Joshua was very old,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> told him, &#8220;You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

But stay about three thousand feet behind it.<n id="1" /> Keep your distance<n id="2" /> so you can see<n id="3" /> which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Joshua was near<n id="1" /> Jericho,<n id="2" /> he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword.<n id="3" /> Joshua approached him and asked him, &#8220;Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?&#8221;<n id="4" />

They returned and reported to Joshua,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Don&#8217;t send the whole army.<n id="2" /> About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai.<n id="3" /> Don&#8217;t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

They did as ordered;<n id="1" /> they brought the five kings<n id="2" /> out of the cave to him &#8211; the kings of Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

<p class="bodytext">The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, &#8220;You know what the <sc>Lordsc> said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.<n id="1" />