Joshua 9:4

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They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

In other translations

They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

Hebrew words

וַיַּעֲשׂוּvaiya'asuand they actedH6213גַם־gam-alsoH1571הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992בְּעָרְמָהbe'aremahwith cunningH6195וַיֵּלְכוּvaiyelekhuand they wentH1980וַיִּצְטַיָּרוּvaiyitztaiyaruand they acted as ambassadorsH6737וַיִּקְחוּvaiyikchuand they tookH3947שַׂקִּיםsakimsacksH8242בָּלִיםbalimworn outH1087לַחֲמוֹרֵיהֶםlachamoreihemfor donkeys theirH2543וְנֹאדוֹתvenodotand skin-bottles ofH4997יַיִןyayinwineH3196בָּלִיםbalimworn outH1087וּמְבֻקָּעִיםumevuka'imand splitH1234וּמְצֹרָרִים׃umetzorarimand tied upH6887

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