In Midian] This may be a second apparition of God to Moses, either to give him his charge for present addresse to the service, (which before he did not) or to urge him, (upon his too much deliberation or delay) to more expedition in his dutie. which sought thy life] In the deliverance of the Israelite from Egyptian bondage, Moses was a Type of Christ, and therefore his deliverance and safetie, and our Saviours, both are set down in the like phrase. Matthew 2:20.