불이 나타나 모두가 엎드려 경배한 레위기 9장

레위기 9장은 지속해서 번제물을 바치고 제를 올리는 과정 속에서 9장 마지막 절에는 제사 지내는 아론 곁에서 불길이 임재하여 제물을 태워버렸다는 내용입니다. 그리고 그런 신묘한 광경을 본 백성들이 엎드려 절하였다고 하는데요. 불이 신성한 어떤 것을 상징하고 의미하는 것 같습니다. 

 

 

 

이번에는 장로 호출

 

 

1. On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

2. and he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.

3. And say to the people of Israel, ' Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering,

4. and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil, for today the Lord will appear to you.'"

5. And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.

 

 

 

6. And Moses said, " This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you."

7. Then Moses said to Aaron, " Draw near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and for the people, and bring the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded."

 

같은 패턴으로 여덟번 째 날에 모세는 아론과 그의 아들들 그리고 장로를 불러서 흠없는 번제물 등을 주님에게 바치라고 합니다. 제대로 삥뜯기 같구만요.

 

 

 

 같은 내용 반복

 

 

8. So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

9. And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.

10. But he killed the burnt offering, and Aaron's sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.

 

 

 

13. And they handed the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head , and he burned them on the altar.

14. And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

 

아론은 제단에서 송아지를 죽였고 그의 아들들은 피를 뿌리고 손에 묻히고 내장 등을 씻어서 번제물을 태우고 등등 똑같은 제사 반복입니다. 

 

 

 속죄와 평화 제물

 

 

 

  15. Then he presented the people's offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and offered it as a sin offering, like the first one.

16. And he presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the rule.

17. And he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.

 

  18. Then he killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings for the people, And Aaron's sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the alatr.

 

속죄 제물 다음으로 평화의 제물로 소와 숫양을 규칙대로 바치는 과정이 나옵니다. 

 

19. But the fat pieces of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers the entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver-

20. they put the fat pieces of the breasts, and he burned the fat pieces on the altar, 

21. but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LOrd, as Moses commanded.

 

 

 주님의 영광과 신의 불

 

22. Then Aaron lifted up his hands towards the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.

23. And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the LOrd aooeared to all the people.

24. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

 

이러한 일련의 행동을 하면서 번제물을 태우고 있는데 갑자기 불이 엄습하여 지방 등을 태우고 그래서 백성들이 놀라 땅 위에 엎드렸다는 표현을 어떻게 받아들어야 할까요? 무슨 북유럽신화의 무스펠하임이라도 등장한 것인지, 어떤 형상을 한 불이 화르륵 덮쳐온 것인지 이해가 가질 않습니다. 불길이 갑자기 치솟은 것을 일종의 신기한 현상으로 인식한 것일까요?

 

아마도 올림픽 성화 봉송이라던가, 신전 같은 곳에 불이 항상 타오르는 것을 보면 이 역시 신의 신성한 상징 같은 것을 의미하는 게 아닌가 싶습니다.