Exodus 32:17-19

Good News Translation

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.”

¹⁹ When Moses came close enough to the camp to see the bull-calf and to see the people dancing, he became furious. There at the foot of the mountain, he threw down the tablets he was carrying and broke them.