us v. 4a, and E gave us v. 4b. The source critics divide 3:1–6 into the following literary units: E (vv. 1, 4b, 6) and J (vv. 2–3, 4a, 5). Maybe there is another possibility. Because ʾĕlōhîm is a kind of catchall designation for all heavenly beings (God/god/gods/angels), might not ʾĕlōhîm be a reference to “the Lord’s angel,” who, according to v. 2, is in the fiery bush, and here addresses Moses from within the fiery bush? Elsewhere when this divine messenger appears, he not only shows up, but he