1)

What is the meaning of "va'Yomer Lehashmidem"?

1.

Malbim #1: It was decreed to wipe them out.

2.

Malbim #2: If not for Moshe, Hashem would have said (decreed) to wipe them out - "Heref Mimeni v'Ashmidem" (Devarim 9:14). From this, Moshe knew that it depends on him.

2)

Why does it say "Amad ba'Peretz"?

1.

Radak: The breach that they made, Moshe stood in it in front of Hashem, and fenced it.

2.

Malbim: He stood in the breach to turn back Hashem's anger. Even though the plague already began and people died, the Af (external anger) was not mixed with inner anger to destroy.

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