Exodus 32:16-18

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁶ This was God's own work. He himself had written the words on the stones.

¹⁷ Joshua heard the noise of the Israelites as they were shouting down below. He said to Moses, ‘I can hear the sound of war in the camp!’ ¹⁸ But Moses said, ‘It is not the noise that soldiers make when they have won a battle. It is not the sound of soldiers who are crying because their enemy has won against them. I can hear the sound of people who are singing.’