Psalms 106:23

Then would he have bidden to destroy them,—had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

22Wonders in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea.

24And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;

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Cross References

Exodus 32:11And Moses besought the face of Yahweh his God,—and said—Wherefore, O Yahweh, should thine anger kindle upon thy people, whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great might and with a firm hand?

Exodus 32:32Now, therefore, if thou wilt forgive their sin, …but if not, blot me I pray thee out of thy book, which thou hast written,

Deuteronomy 9:13And Yahweh spake unto me saying,—I have looked on this people, and lo! a stiff-necked people, it is.

Deuteronomy 9:25Thus, then lay I prostrate before Yahweh, the forty days and the forty nights that I did lie prostrate,—because Yahweh spake of destroying you.

Job 35:8Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

Psalms 105:26He sent Moses his servant, 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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