Exodus 32:19

And when he had approached to the camp, he saw the calf and the dances. And being very angry, he threw down the tablets from his hand, and he broke them at the base of the mountain.

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In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

18But he responded: “It is not the clamor of men being exhorted to battle, nor the shout of men being compelled to flee. But I hear the voice of singing.”

20And seizing the calf, which they had made, he burnt it and crushed it, even to dust, which he scattered into water. And he gave from it to the sons of Israel to drink.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:20And so Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took up a timbrel in her hand. And all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

Exodus 32:11Then Moses prayed to the Lord his God, saying: “Why, O Lord, is your fury enraged against your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, with great strength and with a mighty hand?

Numbers 12:3(for Moses was a man exceedingly meek, beyond all the men who were living upon the earth)

Deuteronomy 10:2And I will write on the tablets the words which were on those that you broke before, and you shall place them in the ark.’

2 Samuel 6:14And David danced with all his ability before the Lord. And David was girded with the linen ephod.

Lamentations 5:15The gladness of our heart has failed, our singing has been turned into mourning.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:16-21

Moses Breaks the Tablets of the Law. ( b. c. 1491.) 15 And 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. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 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. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of… Read the whole commentary →

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