Josué 9:5

5 Se pusieron ropa harapienta y se calzaron sandalias gastadas y remendadas. Además, llevaban pan seco y mohoso.

Josué 9:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:5

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet
Which being worn out, were patched with various pieces of leather:

and old garments upon them;
full of holes and rents, ragged and patched:

and the bread of their provision was dry [and] mouldy;
having been kept a long time, and unfit for use; or like cakes over baked and burnt, as the Targum and Jarchi: the word for "mouldy" signifies pricked, pointed, spotted, as mouldy bread has in it spots of different colours, as white, red, green, and black, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it; or it signifies bread so dry, as Ben Gersom notes, that it crumbles into pieces easily, with which the Vulgate Latin version agrees; or rather through being long kept, it was become dry and hard like crusts, so Noldius ^F9; or very hard, like bread twice baked, as Castell ^F11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 P. 379. No. 1218.
F11 Lex. col. 2395.

Josué 9:5 In-Context

3 Sin embargo, cuando los habitantes de Gabaón oyeron lo que Josué había hecho a Jericó y a la ciudad de Hai,

4 recurrieron al engaño para salvarse la vida. Enviaron a unos representantes ante Josué y, sobre sus asnos, cargaron alforjas desgastadas y odres viejos y remendados.

5 Se pusieron ropa harapienta y se calzaron sandalias gastadas y remendadas. Además, llevaban pan seco y mohoso.

6 Cuando llegaron al campamento de Israel, en Gilgal, les dijeron a Josué y a los hombres de Israel:
—Venimos de una tierra lejana para pedirles que hagan un tratado de paz con nosotros.

7 Entonces los israelitas les respondieron a esos heveos:
—¿Cómo podemos saber que ustedes no viven cerca? Pues si viven cerca, no podemos hacer ningún tratado de paz con ustedes.