Moses replied: it is not the sound of victory, it is not the sound of defeat; it is the sound of singing that I hear. Moses identifies the sound more accurately: not war but celebration. The three-part identification — not victory, not defeat, but singing — narrows to the specific sound of revelry. Amos 5:23 says God will not listen to the music of Israel's harps — the singing that sounds like worship can be the sound of covenant violation. The ability to distinguish genuine worship from its imitation is the prophetic discernment Moses demonstrates here. Sound alone cannot identify the direction of the heart.

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