Shemot 3:2
*1. Source
וַ֠יֵּרָ֠א מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֵלָ֛יו בְּלַבַּת־אֵ֖שׁ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַסְּנֶ֑ה וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַסְּנֶה֙ בֹּעֵ֣ר בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְהַסְּנֶ֖ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ אֻכָּֽל׃ A messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a blazing fire out of a bush. He gazed, and there was a bush all aflame, yet the bush was not consumed.
2. Explanation
- Moses prays out his heart to god. God hears him and sends an angel:
- The angel appears to him in a fire out of a bush
- The bush burned without consuming anything or crumpling out
- There was no charcoal or ash
- It was a thorned bush. (see: "Thorned bush" (see: Shemot 3:2))
2.1. Commentary
2.1.1. How does the angel appear?
- He appears from the plantsp
- He appears from the heart of the fire
2.1.2. Why does moshe face this rare experience?
- This was so that moshe wouldn't be as surprised when he saw god at Sinai when he receives the torah.
3. Elsewhere
3.1. References
3.2. In my garden
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