Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 20:16

16 And when we cryed unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel , and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh , a city in the uttermost of thy border.

To wit, the Angel of the covenant, Christ Jesus, who first appeared to Moses in the bush, Exod. 3. 2. and afterward in the cloudy pillar, who conducted Moses and the people out of Egypt and thorough the wilderness, as appears from Exod. 14. 19. and 23. 20. and 33. 14. 1 Cor. 10. 4. For though Moses may be called an Angel, or messenger, a title given to Phinehas, Iudg. 2. 1. and to the Prophets, 2 Chr[illegible: 1+ letters]n. 36. 16. and to Haggai, Hag. 1. 13. yet it is not probable, that he is meant, partly because Moses was the person that sent this message; partly because there was no reason why he should express himself by such a dark and doubtful title to them; and partly because another angel besides and above Moses did conduct them, and the mention hereof to the Edomites was likely to give more authority and efficacy to their present message.

(i. e.) Near the city Kad[illegible: 1+ letters]sh, the particle in being oft so used, as we have shewed.

Marginal references: Exod. 3. 7.