Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned aside there and said to him, "Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?"

Jonadab then said to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.'"

'Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives.

"Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?"

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God."