Psalms 106:23

So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

In Context

22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

24They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

Exodus 32:32Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

Deuteronomy 9:13The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:25So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.

Job 35:8Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

Psalms 105:26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:14-34

Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and… Read the whole commentary →

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