Jos_9:9 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,
Ver. 9. From a very far country, &c.] Thus mendacium mendacio assunt, they lay lie upon lie, as those in Psa_119:69. They had taught their tongues to speak lies, and were artists at it. {Jer_9:5} They had taken fast hold of deceit. {Jer_8:5}