What appeared to Moses at the burning bush after forty years?
After forty years had expired, there appeared to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire at the bush. This began the third forty-year segment of Moses' life, when he would return to lead Israel out of Egypt.
Les explains that Moses' life is broken into three 40-year segments, not counting the five years in his mother's house. The first 40 years were in Pharaoh's palace as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. The second 40 years were on the backside of the desert herding sheep. Acts 7:23 says that when he was a full 40 years old, it came into his heart to visit the children of Israel. Then Acts 7:30 says that when 40 years were expired, there appeared unto him in the wilderness of Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire at the bush. That marks the beginning of his third 40 years, when he would go back and lead Israel out and then in the wilderness.
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
More Questions
Why does the lesson conclude that Exodus 2:23's process of time was forty years?
The reason the process of time in Exodus 2:23 is understood as forty years is because Acts 7 says that after forty years were expired the angel appeared to Moses.