Psalm 106:23 “So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood b…”

Psalm 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore he minded to destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stand in the breach before him to turne away his wrath, least he shoulde destroy them.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

Bible in Basic English

And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

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Cross references

“he said”

Deuteronomy 9:25 Exodus 32:32 Deuteronomy 9:19 Deuteronomy 10:10 Exodus 32:10 Exodus 32:11

Deuteronomy 9:25 · BSB

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

Exodus 32:32 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 9:19 · BSB

For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.

Deuteronomy 10:10 · BSB

I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.

Exodus 32:10 · BSB

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Exodus 32:11 · BSB

But 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?

“his chosen”

Psalm 105:6 Numbers 16:5 Matthew 12:18 Psalm 105:26 John 15:16 John 15:19

Psalm 105:6 · BSB

O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

Numbers 16:5 · BSB

Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself.

Matthew 12:18 · BSB

“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

Psalm 105:26 · BSB

He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

John 15:16 · BSB

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 15:19 · BSB

If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

“stood”

Ezekiel 22:30 James 5:16 Ezekiel 13:5 Jeremiah 5:1 Exodus 32:14

Ezekiel 22:30 · BSB

I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.

James 5:16 · BSB

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Ezekiel 13:5 · BSB

You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:1 · BSB

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Exodus 32:14 · BSB

So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

Also

Ezekiel 20:8

Ezekiel 20:8 · BSB

But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger a…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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