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심한 돌림병, 악성 종기, 큰 우박 재앙을 내린 (출애굽기 9장)

by roo9 2023. 9. 4.

이집트 왕은 무슨 똥고집인 것인지 모세와 아론의 요구가 터무니없다고 본 것인지 갖은 재앙을 겪은 후임에도 이스라엘 민족들을 풀어주지 않았습니다. 지들 입장에서는 노예를 풀어주는 것이 재산을 잃는 것과 다름없어서 그런 것이겠지만요. 하나님의 명령으로 가축 돌림병부터 악성 종기 그리고 우박에 불덩이 재앙까지 내린 구절이 출애굽기 9장의 내용입니다. 

 

 

 

 


다섯 번째 돌림병 재앙

 

도대체 이집트 왕은 왜 이스라엘 민족들을 안 보내주는지도 모르겠으나 창조주도 의지를 굽히지 않습니다. 하지만 모든 상황은 갑작스러운 재앙보다는 예견된 현상처럼 느껴지기도 합니다. 뭐랄까 물이 오염되기 전 전초 증상과 물이 썩고 난 후의 증상들이 순차적으로 진행되는 것 같기 때문입니다. 

 

 

출애굽기 8장 읽기

 

1. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ' Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2. For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,

3. behold, the hand of the LORD will fall with a very servere plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horse, the donkeys the camels, the herds, and the flocks.

4. But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die."''

5. And the LORD set a time, saying, " Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land."

6. And the next day the LORD did this thing. All the livestock of the livestock of the people of Israel died.

7. And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

 

 

 

출애굽기 9장 첫 구절은 두 번째 재앙을 줬음에도 이집트 왕이 말을 듣지 않으니 가축들에게 전염병이 들게 하는 저주를 내리는 대목입니다. 이것이 하나님이 이집트인에게 내린 5번째 재앙, 즉 돌림병입니다.

 

 


숯으로 악성 종기를

 

 

8. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, " Take handfuls of soot from the kiln and let Moses thrwo them in the air in the sight of Pharaoh.

9. It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt."

10. So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.

11. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

12. But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

 

그리하여 로드가 모세와 아론에게 명하길 한 손에 숯 혹은 재 같은 것을 한 움큼 쥐어 던져 날리라고 하니 그 검은 먼지가 이집트 사람들과 짐승 등에 닿아서 심한 피부병 즉 종기가 생기가 하였습니다. 이번에는 마술사들도 따라 할 수도 없었을 뿐만 아니라 자기네들도 종기가 옮아 어쩌지 못했나 봅니다. 

 

 

 

실제로 그을음이나 재 같은 것이 호흡기나 피부 염증을 유발할 수는 있어도 심각할 정도로 피부에 악영향을 미친다는 것은 없는 것으로 보입니다. 게다가 모세와 아론이 겨우 두줌의 재를 공중에 던진 것뿐이잖아요? 이런 것을 보면 하나님이 특수한 바이러스를 살포한 것이 아닌가 합니다. 창조주가 어떤 신비한 영적인 존재라기보다 최첨단의 행성에서 온 선지자, 그러니까 고도로 발달된 문명 세계에서 온 탐사대라고 보는 입장이라서 말입니다. 

 

 


 

큰 우박도 내리시고

 

13. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

14. For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

15. For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.

16. But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

17. You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.

18. Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

19. Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them."'"

20. Then whoever feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses, 

21. but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the LORD left his slaves and his livestock in the field.

 

돌림병에 이어 악성 종기 그리고 하늘에서 큰 우박도 떨어지니 이쯤되면 파라오도 굽힐 법도 한테 어찌 되려나 모르겠습니다. 

 


 

천둥 번개 불덩이

 

 

 

 

22. Then the LORD said to Moses, " Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt."

23. Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

24. There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25. The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And the hail struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field.

26. Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail.

 

우박에 천둥을 동반한 것도 모잘라 불덩이가 하늘에서 내려올 때 세상은 아비규환이 따로 없었을 겁니다. 그런 와중에도 이스라엘 민족이 살고 있는 고센 지역만큼은 무탈하였다고 하니 하나님이 콕 집어서 이집트인에게만 재앙을 내린 게 뚜렷해 보입니다. 또한, 너무 만화 같고 판타지 같은 느낌이라기보다는 번개를 동반한 우박이 내릴 경우에는 화재를 유발할 수도 있다는 것을 보면 창조주가 생뚱맞게 천둥 번개와 우박을 내리고 그런 것이 아닌 앞장에도 얘기했듯이 기후 조절을 할 수 있다던가 기후 상황에 관한 예측이 가능한 시스템을 가지고 있지 않았나 하는 생각도 해봅니다. 그런데 신기한 것은 고센 지방에만 멀쩡했다는 거죠.

 

 

 


 

잔망스러운 파라오 또

 

27. Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, "This time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.

28. Pleasd with the LORD, for there has been enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."

29. Moses said to him, " As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD's

30. But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God."

31.( The flax and the barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

32. But the wheat and the emmer were not struck down, for they are late in coming up.)

 

 

33. So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and stretched out his hands to the LORD, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth.

34. But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35. So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.

 

 

 

이런 말도 안 되는 현상을 본 파라오는 주님 앞에 납작 엎드려서 자기가 잘못했다고 하였기에 재앙을 풀어줬더니만 또 언제 그랬냐는 듯 아몰랑을 시전하였습니다. 파라오는 미친 건지 멍청한 것인지 욕심이 많은 것인지 알다가도 모르겠네요. 성경에는 파라오, 거기에는 바로라고 쓰여있지만 바로왕을 완악하다고 나오네요.

 

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