Exodus 32:18

But he answered: It is not the cry of men encouraging to fight, nor the shout of men compelling to flee: but I hear the voice of singers.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

17And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp.

19And when he came nigh to the camp, he saw the calf, and the dances: and being very angry, he threw the tables out of his hand, and broke them at the foot of the mount:

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Cross References

Daniel 5:4They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone.

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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