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269 And the angel did a wonder, as Manoah and his wife looked on: As the flame rose up from the altar, the angel of Yahweh ascended skyward within the flame. And Manoah and his wife were witnessing this; and they fell on their faces to the ground. After that the angel of Yahweh did not appear anymore to Manoah and his wife. But Manoah then knew that an angel of Yahweh it was. A more renowned instance of using fire magically in order to convince the observer that he is indeed being given a divine message is the incident of the Burning Bush. It was when Yahweh had chosen Moses, a Hebrew raised as an Egyptian prince, to lead the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt. Having escaped the wrath of the Pharaoh to the Wil- derness of Sinai, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, "and he came to the mountain of the Elohim in Horeb," where a miraculous sight drew his attention: And an angel of Yahweh appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a thorn-bush. And he looked and, behold— the thorn-bush was burning with fire, but the thorn-bush was not consumed. And Moses said [to himself]: "Let me get closer and observe this great sight, for why is the thorn-bush not burning down?" And when Yahweh saw that Moses had turned to take a closer look, Angels and Other Emissaries as an offering to Yahweh.