금으로 덧칠한 방주를 만들고 순금으로 촛대며 접시 등 만들라고 지시한 출애굽기 25장

금으로 가득찬 공간을 만들라는 하나님의 지령이 인상적인 출애굽기 25장입니다. 하나님이 모세를 통해 하나님과 접선 공간인 금으로 만든 방주를 지으라 하셨고 그 안에 갖은 집기들도 다 순금으로 만들라고 아주 구체적으로 지시하십니다. 그런데 굳이 순금으로 만들라고 한 이유를 알수가 없네요.

 

 

 

 

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나에게 바칠 공물 리스트 공개

 

1. The LORD said Moses, 

2. "Speak to the people of Israel they take for me a contribution. From every who heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.

3. And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

4. blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair,

5. tanned rams' skin, goatskins, acacia wood,

6. oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

7. onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

8. And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.

9. Exactly as I show concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

어머나 세상에 이제 노골적으로 흑심을 드러내는 하나님입니다. 모세를 통해 지령을 내리는데 공물을 바치라하면서 리스트를 아주 꼼꼼하게 알려주십니다. 아마도 창조주를 비롯한 멤버들이 임시 거주하는 곳에 혹은 고향에서 필요한 물품 수급을 위함이겠죠. 창조주가 전능하다면 저런 물질적인 것을 요구할리가 없잖아요? 굉장히 현실적인 요구 사항 같습니다. 

 

 

 

우선 금은동이 첫 번째 리스트에 올려져 있네요. 지구로 광물 캐러 온 게 맞다니깐요. 그밖에 직물, 향유 등은 그냥 부수적인 요구사항이고 가장 원초적으로 필요한 것은 금은동 같습니다.

 

 

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방주의 업그레이드

 

10. " They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

 

ark는 방주 혹은 안전한 장소인데 성경에는 성소로 해석되어 있네요. 혹은 신방 같은 곳이라고 하는데요. 이는 종교적 의미를 극대화하기 위해 성소라고 의역한 것이 아닐까요? 직관적으로는 노아의 방주처럼 방주를 만든 게 맞아 보이거든요. 그리고 노아의 방주 때보다 훨씬 화려하고 기교 있고 위엄 있게 만든 것으로 보아 약간 업그레이드 버전으로 보입니다. 인간도 진화했으니 방주도 진화한 것이겠죠.

 

11. You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it.

12. Yoyou shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

 

 

 

13. You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

14. And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.

15. The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall bot be taken from it.

16. And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you.

 

 

 

 

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순금타령

 

17. "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

18. And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the tow ends of the mercy seat.

19. Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.

20. The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

21. And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

22. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

 

그렇게 순금으로 치장한 요새 같은 방주 안에서 인간을 만나고 은밀한 얘기를 나눌 것이라는 내용 같은데요. 뭔가 각별한 만남의 장소, 접선 장소를 금으로 치장하고, 꼼꼼하게 고리를 몇 개 만들고 어쩌고 저쩌고 하는 것을 보면 엄청 눈이 세련되었거나 다른 행성에서 왕족으로 살았다는 것 같기도 하고요.

 

 

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아카시아 나무로 방주를 만든 이유

 

 

23. " You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breath, and a cubit shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

24. You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.

25. And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.

26. And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

27. Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

28. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.

29. And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.

30. And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me rugularly.

 

사막 지대에 아카시아 나무가 잘 자라는 것도 있지만 아카시아 나무로 만들어야 오래 보존된다고 해서 아카시아 나무로 방주를 지으라 하신 것 같습니다. 이렇게 나무의 성질까지 정확하게 알고 얘기한 것을 보면 확실히 창조주는 앞선 문명에서 오신 분 맞는 것 같습니다. 

 

 

 

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모든 것을 18k도 아닌 순금으로 만들라는 하나님

 

 

 

31. " You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

32. And there shall be six brandches going out of its sides, three brandches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

33. three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch- so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

34. And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

35. and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.

36. Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.

37. You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

38. Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.

39. It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent of pure gold.

40. And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being whown you on the mountain.

 

등잔부터 쟁반, 접시 모든 것을 순금으로 만들라는 것은 자국으로 가져가겠다는 것 아닌가요? 하나님은 왜그렇게 금을 좋아했던 것인지 정말로 궁금합니다. 금본위제가 괜히 생긴 게 아닌 것 같습니다.