What did Moses do with the tablets of the Ten Commandments when he saw the golden calf?
When Moses came near the camp and saw the golden calf and the dancing, his anger burned hot because the people had turned to idolatry. He cast the tablets of the Ten Commandments out of his hands and broke them beneath the mount. He then took the calf and burned it.
Les explains that Joshua heard the noise of the people and thought it was the noise of war, but Moses told him it was not the voice of those overcome; it was the noise of singing. When Moses came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. His anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables—the Ten Commandments—out of his hands and broke them beneath the mount. He also took the calf they had burnt and then challenged Aaron about bringing such great sin upon the people.
And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
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What did Moses do when he saw the golden calf and the dancing?
As soon as Moses came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned hot and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.