וַיִּשְׁמַ֧ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת־ק֥וֹל הָעָ֖ם בְּרֵעֹ֑ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה ק֥וֹל מִלְחָמָ֖ה בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה׃
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses: ‘There is a noise of war in the camp.’
On Drunkenness
[96] For we are told that “when Joshua heard the voice of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses: ‘There is a voice of war in the camp, and he said ‘It is not the voice of men raising the shout through might, nor of those who raise it for being overcome, but it is the voice of men who raise the shout over the wine that I hear.’ And when he drew nigh to the camp, he saw the calf and the dances” (Exod. 32:17–19). Let us shew as well as we can what he shadows forth under this figure.