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Exodus 32:17 KJV
Exodus · chapter 32 · verse 17
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.Exodus 32:17 · King James Version
Exodus 32:17 in context
15And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
16And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
18And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shoutedrêaʻa crash , noise , shoutH7452 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- noiseqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
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Here is, I. The favour of God to Moses, in trusting him with the two tables of the testimony, which, though of common stone, were far more valuable than all the precious stones that adorned the breast-plate of Aaron. The topaz of Ethiopia could not equal them, Exo 32:15, Exo 32:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-20