Exodus 32:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ God himself had made the tablets and had engraved the commandments on them.

¹⁷ Joshua heard the people shouting and said to Moses, “I hear the sound of battle in the camp.”

¹⁸ Moses said, “That doesn't sound like a shout of victory or a cry of defeat; it's the sound of singing.”