Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned in that direction, and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your business here?"

Jonadab said to him, "Lie down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'"

Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"

The Jewish leaders answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."