John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:18
And he said ,.... Not Joshua, as Saadiah Gaon thinks, but Moses, in answer to what Joshua had said: it is not the voice of them that shout for mastery ; that have got the better of it, and have obtained the victory, and shout on that account; or, "not the voice of a cry of strength", or "of a strong cry" F8 קול ענות גבורה "vox eorum qui respondeant fortiter", Tigurine version; "vox clamoris fortis", Drusius. ; that is, of men who have got the victory, and are in high... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:15-20
Here is, I. The favour of God to Moses, in trusting him with the two tables of the testimony, which, though of common stone, were far more valuable than all the precious stones that adorned the breast-plate of Aaron. The topaz of Ethiopia could not equal them, Exod. 32:15, 16. God himself, without the ministry either of man or angel (for aught that appears), wrote the ten commandments on these tables, on both their sides, some on one table and some on the other, so that they were folded... read more