And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,(Joshua 9:3)

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;(Joshua 9:4)

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.(Joshua 9:5)

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?(Joshua 9:7)

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?(Joshua 9:8)

And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,(Joshua 9:9)

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Joshua 9:6 - Cross Reference

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. (Deuteronomy 20:11)

And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, (Joshua 9:9)

And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. (Joshua 5:10)

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. (Joshua 10:43)

Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. (2 Kings 20:14)

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; (1 Kings 8:41)