유월절을 지키는 규례 민수기 9장

유월절을 지키는 규례 및 구름이 성막 위에 머무는 사건이 나오는 민수기 9장입니다. 이는 이스라엘 백성의 종교적 의무와 하나님의 인도하심을 강조하는 것 같은데 하나님의 나라와 정체가 더욱 궁금해집니다.

 

 

 

 

유월절을 지켜라

 

민수기 8장 읽기

민수기 8장 레위 사람들의 특별한 임무

 

1.And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 "Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3. On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it." 4. So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the Passover. 5. And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did. 6. And there were certain men who were unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7. And those men said to him, "We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the Lord's offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?" 8. And Moses said to them, "Wait, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you."

 

 

 

9. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10. "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through youching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord. 11. In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12. They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its boes; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. 13. But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. 14. And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native."

 

민수기 9장 첫 구절부터 유월절을 지키라는 내용이 명시됩니다. 첫째 달 14일에 유월절을 지키라고 하면서 시체를 만지는 등 부정한 상황이 발생 시 예외가 적용됩니다. 시체를 만진다는 것을 부정하게 보는 이유는 청결의 강조, 각종 전염병이 퍼지거나 불결 부정한 모든 것을 내포하기 때문에 금기하는 것 같습니다. 

 

 

 

유월절에 관해서 이스라엘 백성들은 거의 결벽에 가까울 정도로 절대 수호하는 경향이 있는데 이는 백성의 정체성과 믿음을 형성하는 데 중요한 역할을 하기 때문입니다.

 

하나님 영광을 상징하는 구름

15. On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning. 16. So it was always: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night. 17. And whenever the cloud lifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped. 18. At the command of the Lord the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the Lord day camped. As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. 19. Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle for many days, the people of Israel kept the charge of the Lord and did not set out. 20. Sometimes the cloud would remain for a few days over the tabernacle, and according to the command of the Lord they remained in camp; then according to the command of the Lord they set out. 21. And sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning. And when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out, or if it continued for a day and a night, when the cloud lifted they set out. 22. Whether it was two days, or a month, or a longer time, that the cloud continued over the tabernacle, abiding there , the people of Israel remained in camp and did not set out, but when it lifted they set out. 23. At the command of the Lord they camped, and at the command of the Lord they set out. They kept the charge of the LOrd, at the command of the Lord by Moses. 

 

 

 

15절부터는 구름과 불기둥이 등장합니다. 성막이 세워진 날부터 구름이 성막을 덮고 저녁에는 불 모양으로 나타나는데 이는 이스라엘 백성에게 하나님의 존재 혹은 임재를 상징한다고 합니다. 여기서 구름이 실제 구름인지 어떤 특별한 기상 현상인지 어찌 되었든지 초자연적인 현상으로 보는 경향이 지배적입니다. 

 

그래서인지 구름이 성막 위에 머무는 동안 이스라엘 자손은 진영에 머물렀고, 구름이 떠오르면 그들은 행진을 시작합니다. 구름이 머무는 기간은 하나님의 명령에 따른 것이니 일종의 신호 체계라고 볼 수도 있습니다.