Psalms 106:23 meaning and explanation

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.

Psalms 106:23, Berean Standard Bible

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The psalmist is retelling Israel's history, and here he recalls the golden calf at Horeb, when God's anger burned against a people who had just exchanged their Glory for an idol. Moses, called God's chosen one, stood in the breach like someone stepping into a gap in a wall to hold back an attacking army.

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