Acts 7:30

“And when forty years were expired, etc.] “Forty other years” the Arabic version reads; for so long the Jews f343 say Moses kept Jethro’s flock, and so many years he lived in Midian; and so the Syriac version, “when then he had filled up forty years”; which agrees exactly with the account of the Jewish writers observed on (<440723>Acts 7:23) who say, that he was forty years in Pharaoh’s court, and forty years in Midian; so that he was now, as they f344 elsewhere justly observe, fourscore years of age: there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai; the same with Horeb, (<020301>Exodus 3:1) where it is said, “Moses came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb”; where he saw the sight of…”

“an angel of the Lord--rather, "the Angel of the Covenant," who immediately calls Himself JEHOVAH (Compare Act 7:38).”

“And when forty years ... - At the age of 80 years. This, however, was known by tradition. It is not expressly mentioned by Moses. It is said, however, to have been after the king of Egypt had died Exodus 2:23; and the tradition is not improbable. In the wilderness of mount Sina - In the desert adjacent to, or that surrounded Mount Sinai. In Exodus 3:1, it is said that this occurred at Mount “Horeb.” But there is no contradiction; Horeb and Sinai are different peaks or elevations of the same mountain. They are represented as springing from the same base, and branching out in different elevations. The mountains, according to Burckhardt, are a prodigious pile, comprehending many peaks, and…”

“The angel - The Son of God; as appears from his styling himself Jehovah. In a flame of fire - Signifying the majesty of God then present. Exo 3:2. Acts 7:33”

“when: Act 7:17; Exo 7:7 there: Exo 3:1, Exo 19:1, Exo 19:2; Kg1 19:8; Gal 4:25, Sinai an: Act 7:32, Act 7:35; Gen 16:7-13, Gen 22:15-18, Gen 32:24-30, Gen 48:15, Gen 48:16; Exo 3:2, Exo 3:6; Isa 63:9; Hos 12:3-5; Mal 3:1 in a flame: Deu 4:20; Psa 66:12; Isa 43:2; Dan 3:27 in a bush: Act 7:35; Deu 33:16; Mar 12:26; Luk 20:37 Acts 7:31”