106:23 He threatened 1 to destroy them,
but 2 Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him 3
and turned back his destructive anger. 4
106:30 Phinehas took a stand and intervened, 5
and the plague subsided.
1 tn Heb “and he said.”
2 tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”
3 tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”
4 tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”
5 sn The intervention of Phinehas is recounted in Num 25:7-8.