Exodus 32:17

And Jehoshua heard the voice of the people as they made outcry, and he said to Mosheh, The voice of war is in the camp.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16And the tablets were the work of the Lord, and the writing was the writing of the Lord set forth distinctly upon the tablets.

18But he said, It is not the voice of men who are victorious, nor is it the voice of the weak who are beaten, but it is the voice of revelers that I hear.

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Cross References

Exodus 24:13And Mosheh arose and Jehoshua his minister, and Mosheh ascended the mountain on which was revealed the Glory of the Lord.

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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