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He said, "It isn`t the voice of those who shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear."
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Spiritual Discernment
Commentators note that while Joshua heard an ambiguous noise, Moses correctly identified it as idolatrous singing. Having just been in communion with God, Moses had a spiritual discernment that Joshua lacked. This shows how a close relationship with God can give us the wisdom to correctly interpret the events and 'noises' of the world around us.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be revealed whether he loved his ow…
19th Century
Anglican
Shout ... cry ... sing. —The Hebrew verb is the same in all three clauses. Translate: It is not the voice of those who cry for…
Baptist
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said Not Joshua, as Saadiah Gaon thinks, but Moses, in answer to what Joshua had said:
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What a change it is, to come down from the mount of communion with God, to converse with a wicked world. In God we see nothing but what is pure and…
