^{17 Ref} 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.

^{18 Ref} And Moses said, It is not the voice of men who are overcoming in the fight, or the cry of those who have been overcome; it is the sound of songs which comes to my ear.

^{19 Ref} And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.