“This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:”
They present the moldy bread as evidence — This our bread was hot when we took it for our provisions (צֵדָתֵנוּ) from our houses on the day we left to come to you; but now, behold, it is dry and moldy (נִשְׁחַת). The 'hot bread' (לַחְמֵנוּ חַם) on departure day would have been fresh; its current state of decay (שַׁחַת, corruption or ruin) is presented as physical, temporal testimony to a long journey. The Gibeonites exploit the observable truth that bread deteriorates to support a false narrative.
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