Exo 32:17-19 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted , he said to Moses , “ There is a sound of war in the camp .”

Exodus 32:17-19

17 Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people ^{▼▼Lit in its shouting}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 victory,
Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat;
But I hear the sound of singing.”

Moses’ Anger

19 And it came about, as soon as ^{▼▼Lit he}Moses approached the camp, that ^che saw the calf and the people dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and ^dhe threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them to pieces ^{▼▼Lit beneath}at the foot of the mountain.