Pensée juive sur Haggaï 1:13

We have already shown (chap. vi.) that the term “angel” is homonymous, and denotes also “prophet,” as is the case in the following passages:—“And He sent an angel, and He hath brought us up out of Egypt” (Num. 20:16); “Then spake Haggai, the angel of the Lord, in the Lords message” (Hagg. 1:13); “But they mocked the angels of God” (2 Chron. 36:16). Comp. also the words of Daniel, “And the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation” (Dan. 9:11). All this passed in a prophetic vision. Do not imagine that an angel is seen or his word heard otherwise than in a prophetic vision or prophetic dream, according to the principle laid down:—“I make myself known unto him in a vision, and speak unto him in a dream” (Num. 12:6). The instances quoted may serve as an illustration of those passages which I do not mention.