Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

As they approached Micah's house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?"

Jonadab replied to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes in to see you, say to him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.'"

Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.

You aren't greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?"

The Jewish leaders replied, "We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!"