Timeline for Why is it believed that Angels spoke with Moses at Sinai, when he spoke with God 'face to face'?
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| Jun 15, 2022 at 22:29 | comment | added | MichoelR | This seems to completely answer the question, at least until a better source is found. | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 14:29 | comment | added | Michael16 | Apart from Moses examples; see Gen 32.25; Gen 18.2, 19.1, Judges 13.16; Zechariah 1.8, 11; Daniel 9.21.) Jacob names the place of this encounter Peniel (“face of God”), saying “I have seen ‘elohim face to face, yet my life was saved” (32.31). The word ‘elohim can refer both to a lower ranking divine being (or angel) and to the God also known as Yhwh, and it is not clear which meaning the text intends here. In (Gen. 32:30). The Targum changed this to, “I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.” The exact same change is made in Judges 13:22. Also see Hosea 12.4-6. | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 14:12 | history | edited | robev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2022 at 14:09 | comment | added | robev | @Michael16 I don't need to provide a translation, as I summarized what it said. But I'll do it anyways. Your latter comment about G-d coming as an angel doesn't make sense to me, as it seems to contradict your question. | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 13:56 | comment | added | Michael16 | First of all you need to provide English translation of the Heb text you quote. There is no contradiction because God himself comes as the angel. He himself saved and guided the Israelites in Exodus as the cloud and everywhere. | |
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| Jun 15, 2022 at 6:47 | history | answered | robev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |