Consider how Moses ’ successor, Joshua, and the older men of Israel responded when approached by shrewd Gibeonites who disguised themselves and pretended to have come from a distant land.
تَأَمَّلْ فِي مَا فَعَلَهُ يَشُوعُ خَلَفُ مُوسَى وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمَّا أَتَاهُمُ ٱلْجِبْعُونِيُّونَ بِدَهَاءٍ وَقَدْ تَنَكَّرُوا مُتَظَاهِرِينَ بِقُدُومِهِمْ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ .‏