17 Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people [a]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 the cry of triumph,
Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat;
But the sound of singing I hear.”

Moses’ Anger

19 It came about, as soon as [b]Moses came near the camp, that (A)he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and (B)he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them [c]at the foot of the mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:17 Lit in its shouting
  2. Exodus 32:19 Lit he
  3. Exodus 32:19 Lit beneath