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17 Then Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting. He said to Moses, “It’s the sound of war in the camp!”

18 Moses replied,

“It’s not the sound of winners shouting.
    It’s not the sound of losers crying.
        It’s the sound of a wild celebration[a] that I hear.”

19 When he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. In a burst of anger Moses threw down the tablets and smashed them at the foot of the mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:18 Hebrew meaning of “wild celebration” uncertain.

17 When Joshua(A) heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”

18 Moses replied:

“It is not the sound of victory,
    it is not the sound of defeat;
    it is the sound of singing that I hear.”

19 When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf(B) and the dancing,(C) his anger burned(D) and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces(E) at the foot of the mountain.

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