Contradiction claim
Who appeared to Moses in the burning bush?
Exodus 3:2 reports that the angel of the LORD appeared to Moses in the flame of fire out of the bush. Two verses later the narrator says the LORD saw, and God called to Moses out of the bush. The narration shifts referent without comment.
Semantic ambiguityReviewedSeverity: moderateClassification confidence: moderate
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How to read this record
This record states that a conflict has been claimed. The classification is CodexTrace’s editorial assessment of what kind of question this is, not a verdict on whether the passages can be read together. Primary text comes first; interpretation and analysis follow it. Methodology
Passages side by side
TextThe primary text, as seeded. Nothing here is summarised or paraphrased.
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Why they appear to conflict
AnalysisEach side states a proposition attributable to its passages. A claim is not assumed to have exactly two sides.
Exodus 3:2
The angel of the LORD appeared to Moses in the bush.