OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 32:18

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18

He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear.”

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Verse 18. Cry, and so forth Hebrew “the cry answering strength … or … weakness,” which the Vulgate elucidates.—Singers. Septuagint “I hear the cry of those who contend for pre-eminence in wine,” or over their cups. Bible.

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