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But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/106.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/106.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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 <i>them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/106.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/106.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore He said that He would destroy them, If Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/106.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from eradicating <i>them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/106.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/106.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he said he would have destroyed them — if Moses his chosen one had not stood before him in the breach to turn his wrath away from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/106.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So He said He would have destroyed them— if Moses His chosen one had not stood before Him in the breach to turn His wrath away from destroying them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/106.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/106.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You were angry and started to destroy them, but Moses, your chosen leader, begged you not to do it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/106.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/106.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/106.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When God said that he would destroy his people, his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God and kept his anger from destroying them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/106.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/106.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/106.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/106.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/106.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/106.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/106.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And He commands to destroy them, "" Unless Moses, His chosen one, "" Had stood in the breach before Him, "" To turn back His wrath from destroying.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/106.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/106.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will say to destroy them unless Moses his chosen stood in the breaking before him to turn away his wrath from destroying.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/106.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/106.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 105:23>And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/106.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He would have decreed their destruction, had not Moses, his chosen one, Withstood him in the breach to turn back his destroying anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/106.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/106.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/106.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he said that he would destroy them if Moses, his chosen, had not stood in the gap before him, and turned back his wrath, lest he would destroy them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/106.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, To turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/106.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn <i>him</i> away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/106-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=13438" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm">Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">So He said</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: lə·haš·mî·ḏām (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3mp) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">He would destroy them—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3884.htm" title="3884: lū·lê (Conj) -- If not, unless. Or luwley; from luw' and lo'; if not.">had not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/972.htm" title="972: ḇə·ḥî·rōw (Adj-msc:: 3ms) -- Chosen. From bachar; select.">His chosen one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ā·maḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāw (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/6556.htm" title="6556: bap·pe·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A bursting forth, breach. From parats; a break.">in the breach</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: lə·hā·šîḇ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">to divert</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ḥă·mā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">His wrath</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: mê·haš·ḥîṯ (Prep-m:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">from destroying them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a></span><br />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? / Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm">Deuteronomy 9:18-20</a></span><br />Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger. / 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. / The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11-20</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? / I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.” / But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Ezekiel 22:30</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-33</a></span><br />Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-23.htm">1 Samuel 12:23</a></span><br />As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1-6</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up. / And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” / So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm">Isaiah 53:12</a></span><br />Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/42-8.htm">Job 42:8-10</a></span><br />So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.” / So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer. / After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a></span><br />Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-34.htm">Romans 8:34</a></span><br />Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">1 John 2:1</a></span><br />My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a></span><br />For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-34.htm">Luke 23:34</a></span><br />Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">he said</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10,11,32</a></b></br> Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-13.htm">Deuteronomy 9:13,14,19,25</a></b></br> Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it <i>is</i> a stiffnecked people: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Deuteronomy 10:10</a></b></br> And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, <i>and</i> the LORD would not destroy thee.</p><p class="hdg">his chosen</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/105-6.htm">Psalm 105:6,26</a></b></br> O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-5.htm">Numbers 16:5</a></b></br> And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who <i>are</i> his, and <i>who is</i> holy; and will cause <i>him</i> to come near unto him: even <i>him</i> whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/12-18.htm">Matthew 12:18</a></b></br> Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.</p><p class="hdg">stood</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Exodus 32:14</a></b></br> And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Jeremiah 5:1</a></b></br> Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be <i>any</i> that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5</a></b></br> Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/30-14.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/psalms/106-5.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/psalms/101-8.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/psalms/105-33.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/106-17.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/106-16.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/psalms/54-3.htm">Purposing</a> <a href="/psalms/105-42.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">Special</a> <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/psalms/104-29.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/101-3.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/psalms/66-18.htm">Wouldn't</a> <a href="/psalms/103-9.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/144-14.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/psalms/119-30.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/psalms/107-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-20.htm">Purposing</a> <a href="/psalms/109-28.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-4.htm">Special</a> <a href="/psalms/106-30.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/psalms/114-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/psalms/119-6.htm">Wouldn't</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 106</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-1.htm">The psalmist exhorts to praise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-4.htm">He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-7.htm">The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-47.htm">He concludes with prayer and praise</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The context is the wilderness period after the Exodus from Egypt, where the Israelites frequently disobeyed God. This reflects God's holiness and justice, as He cannot tolerate sin. The concept of divine judgment is consistent throughout Scripture, seen in events like the flood (Genesis 6-9) and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19).<p><b>had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach—</b><br>Moses is described as "His chosen one," highlighting his unique role as mediator between God and Israel. The phrase "stood before Him in the breach" is a metaphor for intercession, where Moses acts as a barrier to prevent God's wrath. This imagery is similar to a soldier standing in a gap in a wall to protect a city. Moses' intercession is a type of Christ, who is the ultimate mediator (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>). This act of standing in the breach is also a demonstration of Moses' leadership and love for his people, as he pleads for their forgiveness (<a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a>).<p><b>to divert His wrath from destroying them.</b><br>The concept of divine wrath is a consistent theme in the Bible, representing God's righteous anger against sin. Moses' intercession successfully diverts this wrath, showcasing the power of prayer and the importance of a mediator. This act of mercy foreshadows the work of Jesus Christ, who diverts God's wrath from believers through His sacrificial death (<a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a>). The idea of divine mercy is also seen in other instances, such as Abraham's intercession for Sodom (Genesis 18) and the sparing of Nineveh after Jonah's warning (Jonah 3).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign and just deity who is angered by the Israelites' disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The chosen leader and intercessor for the Israelites, who stands in the gap to plead for God's mercy.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people who repeatedly fall into sin and idolatry, provoking God's wrath.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_breach.htm">The Breach</a></b><br>A metaphorical gap representing the separation between God and His people due to their sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_golden_calf_incident.htm">The Golden Calf Incident</a></b><br>The specific event referenced here, where the Israelites worshiped a golden calf at Mount Sinai, leading to God's anger.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_intercession.htm">The Power of Intercession</a></b><br>Moses' intercession demonstrates the profound impact one person's prayer can have in averting God's judgment. Believers are called to intercede for others, standing in the gap through prayer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>This verse highlights the balance between God's justice in response to sin and His mercy in response to intercession. Understanding this balance is crucial for a mature faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_mediator.htm">The Role of a Mediator</a></b><br>Moses foreshadows Christ as the ultimate mediator. Believers can find assurance in Christ's intercession on their behalf.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>The Israelites' idolatry serves as a warning against placing anything above God. Believers must guard their hearts against modern forms of idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>Moses' willingness to stand in the breach underscores the responsibility of leaders to advocate for those they lead, even when they err.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_106.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 106</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'this_too_shall_pass'_in_the_bible.htm">What does 'stand in the gap' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'stand_in_the_gap'_mean.htm">What does "stand in the gap" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer_15_1_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">If Jeremiah 15:1 implies God would not listen to Moses or Samuel, how does this align with other passages portraying a merciful God? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_a_city's_fate_depend_on_one_deal.htm">How can an entire city’s fate hinge on a negotiation between God and one individual (Genesis 18:23–33)? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/106.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">Stood before him in the breach . . .</span>--This is generally explained after <a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm" title="And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.">Ezekiel 22:30</a>, where undoubtedly it is an image taken from the defence of a besieged town. (Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/13-5.htm" title="You have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.">Ezekiel 13:5</a>.) But it is possible that we should render, "Had not Moses stood before him (<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>submissively; see <a href="/genesis/41-46.htm" title="And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.">Genesis 41:46</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/1-38.htm" title="But Joshua the son of Nun, which stands before you, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.">Deuteronomy 1:38</a>) in the breaking forth (of his anger)," since the verb from which the substantive here used comes is the one employed (<a href="/exodus/19-22.htm" title="And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth on them.">Exodus 19:22</a>), "lest the Lord break forth upon them." So the LXX. seem to have understood the passage, since they render here by the same word, which in <a href="/psalms/106-30.htm" title="Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.">Psalm 106:30</a> does duty for "plague." (Comp. Vulg., <span class= "ital">refractio</span>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/106.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore he said that he would destroy them;</span> literally, <span class="accented">and he said.</span> On the apostasy at Sinai, God expressed to Moses an intention to destroy the entire people of Israel, save only himself, and to "make of him a great nation" (<a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10</a>; comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14, 25</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Had not Moses his chosen steed before him in the breach.</span> Moses was "chosen" by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt (<a href="/exodus/3-10.htm">Exodus 3:10</a>), and forced to accept the office (<a href="/exodus/4-1.htm">Exodus 4:1-17</a>). When Israel angered God at Sinai, he "stood in the gap," like a brave soldier guarding his city when the enemy has breached the wall (<a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-13, 31-34</a>). <span class="cmt_word">To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.</span> God was ready to have destroyed all Israel, and to have raised up a new Israel out of the descendants of Moses, had not Moses pleaded with extreme earnestness on the people's behalf (<a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/106-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So He said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֗אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He would destroy them—</span><br /><span class="heb">לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haš·mî·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had not</span><br /><span class="heb">לוּלֵ֡י</span> <span class="translit">(lū·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3884.htm">Strong's 3884: </a> </span><span class="str2">If not, unless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His chosen one</span><br /><span class="heb">בְחִיר֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ḥî·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_972.htm">Strong's 972: </a> </span><span class="str2">Select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stood</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·maḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before Him</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the breach</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּפֶּ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bap·pe·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6556.htm">Strong's 6556: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bursting forth, breach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to divert</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהָשִׁ֥יב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hā·šîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His wrath</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲ֝מָת֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·mā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat, anger, poison</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from destroying them.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·haš·ḥîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to go to ruin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/106-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 106:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/106-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 106:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>