Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:2
The angel of the Lord - Not a created angel certainly; for he is called יהוה Jehovah , Exodus 3:4 , etc., and has the most expressive attributes of the Godhead applied to him, Exodus 3:14 , etc. Yet he is an angel, מלאך malach , a messenger, in whom was the name of God, Exodus 23:21 ; and in whom dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, Colossians 2:9 ; and who, in all these primitive times, was the Messenger of the covenant, Malachi 3:1 . And who was this but Jesus,... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1
Jethro his father-in-law - Concerning Jethro, see Clarke's note on Exodus 2:18 . Learned men are not agreed on the signification of the word חתן chothen , which we translate father-in-law, and which in Genesis 19:14 , we translate son-in-law. It seems to be a general term for a relative by marriage, and the connection only in which it stands can determine its precise meaning. It is very possible that Reuel was now dead, it being forty years since Moses came to Midian; that Jethro was... read more