Exodus 32:17
in Exodus 32When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Exodus 32
Commentary
4 notes on this verseJoshua - said - There is a noise of war in the camp - How natural was this thought to the mind of a military man! Hearing a confused noise he supposed that the Israelitish camp had been attacked by some of the neighboring tribes.
This site's exposition
when Joshua heard the noise of the people
on Exodus 32:17-18
Joshua hears a camp under attack and Moses hears singing, and the two men are listening to the same sound. Singing entered Scripture at 15:1 with the song at the sea, which was sung after a deliverance and to the God who gave it. Moses corrects Joshua before either of them can see anything, because he already knows from verse 7 what he is walking down into.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people, as they shouted,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moses turned, and went down from the mount--The plain, Er-Raheh, is not visible from the top of Jebel Musa, nor can the mount be descended on the side towards that valley; hence Moses and his companion, who on duty had patiently waited his return in the hollow of the mountain's brow, heard the shouting some time before they actually saw the camp.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁמַ֧ע | vaiyishma' | and he heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| ק֥וֹל | kol | [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| בְּרֵע֑וֹ | bereo | in shouting its | H7452 → | |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| ק֥וֹל | kol | a sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| מִלְחָמָ֖ה | milchamah | battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה׃ | bamachaneh | [is] in the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
וַיִּשְׁמַ֧עand he heard
vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
ק֥וֹל[the] sound of
kolH6963 →506 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
בְּרֵע֑וֹin shouting its
bereoH7452 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
ק֥וֹלa sound of
kolH6963 →506 times
מִלְחָמָ֖הbattle
milchamahH4421 →320 times
בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה׃[is] in the camp
bamachanehH4264 →215 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 17:9So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
it leads to
- Exodus 4:20
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
- Deuteronomy 32:44
Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
- Exodus 24:13
So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- Exodus 4:2
And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
- Exodus 4:20
Through
Joshua 6:16After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:15
and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- Judges 7:20–22
The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
- 2 Chronicles 13:15
Through
Exodus 24:13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
it leads to
- Exodus 33:11
Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not…
- Numbers 11:28
Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
- Exodus 33:11
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.