¹⁴ Moses was angry with the officers of the army^(A)—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.

²⁶ “In your anger do not sin”^[a]:^(A) Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

¹⁹ The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.”^(A)

⁴² He said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You^(A) have set free a man I had determined should die.^[a](B) Therefore it is your life for his life,^(C) your people for his people.’”

¹³ When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

¹⁴ But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”

⁴⁸ Then the officers^(A) who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—went to Moses

³ (Now Moses was a very humble man,^(A) more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

¹⁶ When Moses inquired about the goat of the sin offering^[a](A) and found that it had been burned up, he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,

²² “Do not be angry,^(A) my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil.^(B)

¹⁹ When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf^(A) and the dancing,^(B) his anger burned^(C) and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces^(D) at the foot of the mountain.