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17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a sound of war in the camp.”

18 But he said:

“It is not the sound of those who shout for victory,
    nor is it the sound of those who cry because of being overcome,
    but I hear the sound of singing.”

19 As soon as he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing, and Moses’ anger burned, so he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the bottom of the mountain.

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