Exodus 32:17

When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.”

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WEBBE

When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.”

BSB

When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Now when the noise and the voices of the people came to the ears of Joshua, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the tents.

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Matthew Henry · Verses 15–20

What a change it is, to come down from the mount of communion with God, to converse with a wicked world. In God we see nothing but what is pure and pleasing; in the world nothing but what is sinful and provoking. That it might appear an idol is nothing in the world, Moses ground the calf to dust. Mixing this powder with their drink, signified that the backslider in heart should be filled with his own ways.

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