Exodus 16:20

16:20 But they did not listen to Moses; some ¹  kept part of it until morning, and it was full ²  of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.

Exodus 32:19

32:19 When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. ³  He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “men”; this usage is designed to mean “some” (see GKC 447 §138.h, n. 1).

² tn The verb וַיָּרֻם (vayyarum) is equivalent to a passive – “it was changed” – to which “worms” is added as an accusative of result (GKC 388-89 §121.d, n. 2).

³ tn Heb “and the anger of Moses burned hot.”

⁴ sn See N. M. Waldham, “The Breaking of the Tablets,” Judaism 27 (1978): 442-47.