Psalm 106:23

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Summary

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.

He said

His chosen

General references

Deuteronomy 5:5

Nehemiah 9:18

Bible References

He said

Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.”

The Lord spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a

stubborn people.

“I, moreover, stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time, and the Lord listened to me that time also; the Lord was not willing to destroy you.

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.

His chosen

O seed of Abraham, His servant,
O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself.

“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 proclaim

justice to the

Gentiles.

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

General references

while I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said,

“Even when they made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great blasphemies,