장인 뽑기와 금송아지 숭배(출애굽기 31장~32장)

출애굽기 31장은 하나님이 인간의 12지파 중 두 지파를 선택하여 장인의 기술을 선사합니다. 그것은 예술과 지성 분야로 나뉘는 것 같고요. 32장은 모세가 하나님을 만나러 간 틈을 이용해 금송아지를 신이라며 숭배하게 됩니다. 아론이 어쩌자고 그런 짓을 한 것인지 알다가도 모르겠습니다. 

 

 

 

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유다 지파와 단 지파의 아들에게 주신 능력

 

 

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. " See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

3. and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,

4. to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, 

5. in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.

6. And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahismach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

7. the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,

8. the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,

9. and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand,

10. and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons , for their service as priests,

11. and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you they shall do."

 

 

 

유다 지파의 베자렐과 단 지파의 오홀리압을 통해 장인 정신을 발휘하라고 합니다. 베자렐은 생필품, 혹은 생활 자기 등을 만드는 장신으로 보이는데요. 12지파 중 유다 지파는 찬송을 의미하고 단 지파는 판단을 의미하는 것으로 보아 단 지파는 지혜와 지식의 장인 즉 법조 전문가로 쓰려나 봅니다. 

 

 

출애굽기 30장 읽기

 

 

 

 

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영원한 징조 안식일 지켜라

 

 

12. And the LORD said to Moses, 

13. " You are to apeak to the peope of Israel and say, ' Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you.

14. You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

15. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.

16. Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever.

17. It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh hay he rested and was refreshed.'"

 

 18. And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

 

 

 

예수를 부정하는 여호와 증인 종교는 포교 시 안식일 무교절 등을 강조하는 것 같습니다. 출애굽기 31장에도 어김없이 등장하는데요. 안식일을 꼭 지켜라, 영원한 징조이며 약속이라고 하는 이유가 창조 주가 6일 동안 천지를 만들고 7일째 쉬시고 생기를 되찾았기 때문입니다. 6일을 일하고 7일째 쉬라는 건데요. 주 5일 어쩔겨. 이거 하나님에 대한 배신 아닌까요?

 

 

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아론의 큰 실수

 

출애굽기 32장편입니다. 

 

 

1. When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, " Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him, "

2. So Aaron said to them, " Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your darghters, and bring them to me."

3. So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

4. And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, " These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"

5. When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, " Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD."

6. And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

 

모세가 하나님의 부름을 받고 또 산에 올라갔던 모양입니다. 개인적으로는 산이기보다는 피라미드 모양의 비행선에 탑승한 것이 아닌가 하는데요. 여하튼 그가 내려오지 않자 아론이 반란 아닌 반란을 저지른 것 같네요. 백성들에게 금을 모아 오라고 하더니 그것을 녹여 금송아지를 만들어 버리고 그것을 숭배하기 시작합니다. 완전 미친 거죠.

 

 

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또 타락한 백성들

 

7. And the LORD said to Moses, " Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.

8. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ' These are your gods, O Israel, who brought yyou up out of the land of Egypt!"

9. And the LORD said to Moses, " I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. 

10. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you."

 

 

 

그렇게 혼쭐이 나고도 같은 실수를 반복하는 이스라엘 민족이네요. 하긴 예나 지금이나 어리석은 것은 마찬가지 같네요. 그래서 하나님이 또 역정을 내시고 응징을 경고하는 것 같네요. 

 

 11. But Moses implored the LORD his God and said, " O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

12. Why should the Egyptians say, ' With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth?' Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people.

13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever'"

14. And the LORD relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

 

와우, 노아 때는 물 재앙을 가져다주더니 이번의 진노는 불 재앙을 가져다 주실 모양입니다. 진노할 만도 하시지. 그렇게 수렁에서 구해냈더니만 금송아지가 웬 말이야. 

 

 

 

 

모세의 진노

 

 

15. Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written.

16. The tablets were the work of God, and the writing, was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

17. When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, " There is a noise of war in the camp."

18. But he said, " It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear."

19. And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

20. He took the calf that they had made and bruned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.

 

모세는 산에서 내려와 백성들 꼴을 보니 난리도 아니었던 것이죠. 근데 모세는 왜 그렇게 오랫동안 산에서 안 내려온 것일까요? 분명 시간 개념이 다른 공간에 있던 게 아닐까요? 인간의 시간과 신의 시간은 다르게 흘러가는 게 맞을 것 같습니다.  아무튼 화난 모세는 금송아지를 불에 태워 가루로 만든 다음 그것을 백성들에게 마시게 했답니다. 금가루는 몸에 좋은 거 아니었나 모르겠네요.

 

21. And Moses said to Aaron, " What did this people do to you that you have broutht such a great sin upon them?"

22. And Aaron said, " Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

23. For they said to me, ' Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

24. So I said to them, ' Let any who have gold take it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.'

 

 

 

 

25. And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose(for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their eneies),

26. then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, " Who is on the LORD'S side? Come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.

27. And he said to them, " Thus says the LORD  God of Israel, ' Put your sword on your side each of you, adn go to ad fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.'"

28. And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. 

29. And Moses said, " Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day."

 

 

그리고 모세는 백성끼리 싸우고 죽이게 하여 대략 3천 명이 죽어나갔습니다. 이들이 모세가 없는 틈을 이용해 금송아지로 우상 숭배를 한 것의 잘못을 떠나 인간이 얼마나 나약한 존재인지 다시금 깨닫게 됩니다. 인간이란 존재는 어딘가에 맹종하지 않으면 도저히 견딜 수 없는 존재인가 봅니다. 

 

 

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재앙 

 

 

30. The next day Moses said to the people, " You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."

31. So Moses returned to the LORD and said, " Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold.

32. But now, if you will forgive their sin- but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written."

33. But the LORD said to Moses, " Whoever has sinned against me. I will blot out of my book.

34. But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you ; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them."

 35. Then the LORD sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.

 

창조주는 백성에게 역병을 내리고, 모세는 지속해서 진노하고 난리도 아닌 상황입니다. 하지만 창세기 편에 이어 출애굽기 편은 사뭇 다른 측면이 엿보입니다. 인간이 인간끼리 그러니까 인간들끼리 할 수 있는 모든 악행은 다 저질러서 벌을 받았다면, 이번에는 일종의 월권행위를 한 것에 문제가 된 것이 아닐까요? 자기네 딴에는 신을 만들어 모신다고 금송아지로 신을 제작한 거잖아요? 이들에게 섬길 신이 없어졌다고 생각한 것인지 숭배할 어떤 형상이 있어야 한다고 본 것인지, 그래도 인간 본성에서 조금 진화해서 잘해보려다 생긴 일 같다는 생각도 들고요.