The Malach YHVH is mentioned many times, but what is or who is this being exactly? How should one define: Malach YHVH?
It's the Malach YHVH that is talking to Hagar, but after the whole event she calls out the name YHVH who spoke to her (Bereshit 16:13). The Malach YHVH is calling to Moshe from the midst of the bush, but when Moshe is turning from the bush it says that YHVH saw it and called him from the midst of the bush. Shemot 14:19 the Malach YHVH is moving from before to the back of Israel, so is the cloud, but Shemot 13:21 tells us this is YHVH.
YHVH seems to get the credit of doing somethings that the Malach actually did. How does this principle works?
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