Psalms 106:23

21 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

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

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.

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

25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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].
DARBY
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].
BLB
And he said he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen one stood in the breach before His face, to turn away His fury from destroying them.
ÅB
Da sa han at han ville ødelegge dem, dersom ikke Moses, hans utvalgte, hadde stilt seg i gapet for hans åsyn for å avvende hans vrede fra å ødelegge dem.
OTB
Derfor sa han at han ville ødelegge dem,
hadde ikke Moses, hans utvalgte, stått fram for ham i gapet,
for å vende hans vrede bort fra å ødelegge dem.
B1930
Da sa han at han vilde ødelegge dem, dersom ikke Moses, hans utvalgte, hadde stilt sig i gapet for hans åsyn for å avvende hans vrede fra å ødelegge dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 9:25

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

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  • Deuteronomy 9:13–14

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

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  • James 5:16

    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.

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  • Ezekiel 22:30

    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.

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  • Numbers 16:5

    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.

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  • Matthew 12:18

    “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.

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  • Psalms 105:6

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

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  • Exodus 32:32

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

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