Therefore he said that he would destroy them] Exodus 32:10. had not Moses his chosen stood] If Moses, by his intercession, had not prevailed with God to pardon their rebellions. in the breach] Vers. 29. A similitude from a breach in the wall of a citie, wherein one stands, to keep out the enemies by force. It shews the great force of prayer to divert Gods judgements, Ezekiel 13:5. and Ezekiel 22:30. whence, the plague is said to break in, v. 29.