Exodus 3:2

"Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb."

Key Reflection

This passage symbolizes Moses' preparatory period away from formal priesthood, as he tends Jethro's flock in the wilderness, a setting that foreshadows his encounter with divine revelation on Mount Horeb, where God calls him to lead Israel.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The angel of the Lord -See the note atGenesis 12:7. What Moses saw was the flame of fire in the bush; what he recognized therein was an intimation of the presence of God, who maketh a flame of fire His angel. ComparePsalms 104:4. The words which Moses heard were those of God Himself, as all ancient and most modern divines have held, manifested in the Person of the Son. Of a bush -Literally, of the bush or “seneh,” a word which ought perhaps to be retained as the proper name of a thorny shrub common in that district, a species of acacia.

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