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Exodus 32:17

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.

KJV

Audiens autem Josue tumultum populi vociferantis, dixit ad Moysen : Ululatus pugnæ auditur in castris.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀκούσας Ἰησοῦς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ λαοῦ κραζόντων λέγει πρὸς Μωυσῆν Φωνὴ πολέμου ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ.

LXX

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

וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֧ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת ק֥וֹל הָ/עָ֖ם בְּ/רֵעֹ֑/ה וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל מֹשֶׁ֔ה ק֥וֹל מִלְחָמָ֖ה בַּֽ/מַּחֲנֶה

Hebrew

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People MosesJoshua

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה
h
noun · 3×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַחֲנֵ֣ה
mchnh
noun · 216×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2577From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly after their apostasy that …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:7 — Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
  • Exod 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
  • Exod 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  • Exod 32:6 — And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
  • Exod 33:11 — And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacl