You are correct, the focus must be changed to distort the message.
Joshua also talks about this place, then called Baal-gad (hope that is correct). At one time it was the worship place of Gad, Rob, Tristr, and later Pan.
My imagination says that Christ stood at the gates of Hell - Ceaserea Philippi - where many dead gods had been worshiped to have the truth spoken!
BTW we get the English word ‘panic’ from the Greek idol pan.
It's also in "pantheon" which was a temple to all pagan gods. It was another place where the Catholic Church disobeyed God to destroy all temples to pagan gods but they made it one of there "churches".