민수기 2장 군대 편성에 관하여

민수기 2장은 군대의 편성에 관한 이야기입니다. 동서남북 성막에 진을 치고 구성하는 이야기라 레위 사람들에 관해서 집중적으로 다뤄보겠습니다.

 

 

진군할 준비

 

이스라엘 민족이 시나이 산에 진을 치고 약속의 땅으로 여행할 혹은 진군할 준비를 하는 것으로 시작하여 인구 조사가 시작되고 징병을 위한 준비를 하는 것 같습니다.

 

 

1. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

2. "The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.

3. Those to camp on the east side towards the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, 

4. his company as listed being 74,600.

5. Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar,

6. his company as listed being 54, 400.

7. Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being Elib the son of Helon,

8. his company as listed being 57, 400.

9. All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. They shall set our first on the march.

 

 

 

 군복무를 할 수 있는 청년 세기

 

 

10. "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur,

11. his company as listed being 46,500.

12. And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 

13. his company as listed being 59, 300.

14 Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel,

15 his company is listed being 45, 650.

16 All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. They shall set out second.

 

민수기 2장은 구절구절 의미가 없고 전반적인 이해만 하면 될 것 같습니다. 우선 인구 조사를 했던 목적이 군복무를 할 수 있는 남자의 인원을 파악하기 위함이었습니다. 하나님은 약속의 땅을 무상으로 준다는 것이 아니라 가서 전쟁해서 이길 수 있게 한다는 것으로 이해될 정도입니다. 그렇게 12개 부족 중에서 군복무를 할 수 있는 청년을 추려내는 데 12 부족 중에서도 모두 다 착출 되는 것은 아니었습니다.

 

 

 

 17 "Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levitiesin the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

18 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud, 

19 his company as listed being 40, 500.

20 And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 

21 his company as listed being 32,200.

22 Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni, 

23 his company as listed being 35, 400.

24 All those listed of the camp of Ephraim, by their companies, were 108,100. They shall set out third on the march.

 

 마무리

 

 

25 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the chief of the people of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 

26 his companies, as listed being 62,700.

27 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran, 

28 his company as listed being 41, 500.

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan, 

30 his company as listed being 53,400.

31 All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. They shall set out last, standard by standard."

 

 

32 These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers' house. All those listed in the camps by their companies were 603,550.

33 But the Levites were not listed among the people of Israel,  as the Lord commanded Moses.

 

34. Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers' house.

 

전반적으로 민수기 2장에 관한 내용은 시나이산에서 약속의 땅 문턱으로 가는 과정에서 이스라엘 민족의 도전과 방황, 그리고 준비 과정을 기록해 둔 것으로 이것은 충실함과 순종 그리고 신뢰에 대한 투쟁을 강조한 것으로 볼 수 있습니다. 하지만 제가 느끼기에는 그저 남의 땅을 뺏기 위해 전쟁 준비를 하는 것으로 보여질 뿐입니다.