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주석[매튜 헨리] — 신명기 13장 · 우상숭배 경고

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매튜 헨리 주석 · 섹션 4개 · 한국어 번역 있음(한국어 우선) · 본문 보기
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Cautions Against Idolatry. . 1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. Here is, I. A very strange supposition, Deuteronomy 13:1 ; Deuteronomy 13:2 . 1. It is strange that there should arise any among themselves, especially any pretending to vision and prophecy, who should instigate them to go and serve other gods. Was it possible that any who had so much knowledge of the methods of divine revelation as to be able to personate a prophet should yet have so little knowledge of the divine nature and will as to go himself and entice his neighbours after other gods? Could an Israelite ever be guilty of such impiety? Could a man of sense ever be guilty of such absurdity? We see it in our own day, and therefore may think it the less strange; multitudes that profess both learning and religion yet exciting both themselves and others, not only to worship God by images, but to give divine honour to saints and angels, which is no better than going after other gods to serve them; such is the power of strong delusions. 2. It is yet more strange that the sign or wonder given for the confirmation of this false doctrine should come to pass. Can it be thought that God himself should give any countenance to such a vile proceeding? Did ever a false prophet work a true miracle? It is only supposed here for two reasons:-- (1.) To strengthen the caution here given against hearkening to such a one. "Though it were possible that he should work a true miracle, yet you must not believe him if he tell you that you must serve other gods, for the divine law against that is certainly perpetual and unalterable." The supposition is like that in Galatians 1:8 , If we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you --which does not prove it possible that an angel should preach another gospel, but strongly expresses the certainty and perpetuity of that which we have received. So here, (2.) It is to fortify them against the danger of impostures and lying wonders ( 2 Thessalonians 2:9 ): "Suppose the credentials he produces be so artfully counterfeited that you cannot discern the cheat, nor disprove them, yet, if they are intended to draw you to the service of other gods, that alone is sufficient to disprove them; no evidence can be admitted against so clear a truth as that of the unity of the Godhead, and so plain a law as that of worshipping the one only living and true God. " We cannot suppose that the God of truth should set his seal of miracles to a lie, to so gross a lie as is supposed in that temptation, Let us go after other gods. But if it be asked, Why is this false prophet permitted to counterfeit this broad seal? It is answered here ( Deuteronomy 13:3 ; Deuteronomy 13:3 ): " The Lord you God proveth you. He suffers you to be set upon by such a temptation to try your constancy, that both those that are perfect and those that are false and corrupt may be made manifest. It is to prove you; therefore see that you acquit yourselves well in the trial, and stand your ground." II. Here is a very necessary charge given in this case, 1. Not to yield to the temptation: " Thou shalt not hearken to the worlds of that prophet, Deuteronomy 13:3 ; Deuteronomy 13:3 . Not only thou shalt not do the thing he tempts thee to, but thou shalt not so much as patiently hear the temptation, but reject it with the utmost disdain and detestation. Such a suggestion as this is not to be so much as parleyed with, but the ear must be stopped against it. Get thee behind me, Satan. " Some temptations are so grossly vile that they will not bear a debate, nor may we so much as give them the hearing. What follows ( Deuteronomy 13:4 ; Deuteronomy 13:4 ), You shall walk after the Lord, may be looked upon, (1.) As prescribing a preservative from the temptation: "Keep close to your duty, and you keep out of harm's way. God never leaves us till we leave him." Or, (2.) As furnishing us with an answer to the temptation; say, "It is written, Thou shalt walk after the Lord, and cleave unto him; and therefore what have I to do with idols?" 2. Not to spare the tempter, Deuteronomy 13:5 ; Deuteronomy 13:5 . That prophet shall be put to death, both to punish him for the attempt he has made (the seducer must die, though none were seduced by him--a design upon the crown is treason) and to prevent his doing further mischief. This is called putting away the evil. There is no way of removing the guilt but by removing the guilty; if such a criminal be not punished, those that should punish him make themselves responsible. And thus the mischief must be put away; the infection must be kept from spreading by cutting off the gangrened limb, and putting away the mischief-makers. such Dangerous diseases as these must be taken in time. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-6-11" class="com-number"

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이 단락에는 매우 놀라운 가정과 그에 따른 필요한 명령이 담겨 있다.

첫째로, 매우 놀라운 가정이 제시된다(신명기 13:1-2). 두 가지 점에서 놀랍다.

1. 이스라엘 백성 가운데서, 특히 환상과 예언을 받은 척하는 자 중에서, 다른 신들을 따라가도록 부추기는 자가 나타날 수 있다는 것이다. 이스라엘 사람이 이런 불경건함에 빠질 수 있는가? 분별 있는 사람이 이런 어리석음에 빠질 수 있는가? 우리는 오늘날에도 이런 일을 목격한다. 학식과 신앙을 고백하면서도 스스로 다른 신들을 추종하며 이웃까지 그리로 이끄는 사람들이 수없이 많다. 이것은 강한 미혹의 힘을 보여 준다.

2. 더욱 놀라운 것은, 이 거짓 가르침을 확인하기 위해 제시된 표적이나 이적이 실제로 이루어질 수 있다는 가정이다. 하나님께서 이런 악한 행위를 조금이라도 허용하신다고 생각할 수 있는가? 거짓 예언자가 참된 이적을 행한 적이 있는가? 이 가정은 두 가지 이유에서 제시된다.

(1) 그런 자의 말을 따르지 말라는 이 경고를 더욱 강화하기 위해서다. "그가 참된 이적을 행할 수 있다 하더라도, 다른 신들을 섬기라고 한다면 그를 믿어서는 안 된다. 그것에 반대하는 하나님의 율법은 분명히 영원하고 변경 불가능한 것이다." 이 가정은 갈라디아서 1장 8절의 "우리나 또는 하늘로부터 온 천사라도 우리가 전한 복음 외에 다른 복음을 전한다면"과 유사하다. 이것은 천사가 다른 복음을 전할 가능성을 인정하는 것이 아니라, 우리가 받은 복음의 확실성과 영속성을 강력하게 표현하는 것이다.

(2) 거짓 표적과 속이는 이적의 위험에 대비하게 하기 위해서다(데살로니가후서 2:9). "그가 제시하는 증거가 너무도 교묘하게 위조되어 속임수를 간파하거나 반증할 수 없다 하더라도, 그것이 다른 신들을 섬기도록 이끄는 것이라면 그것만으로도 그 증거를 부정하기에 충분하다. 오직 한 분이신 하나님에 대한 명백한 진리, 그리고 유일하게 살아 계신 참 하나님을 예배하라는 분명한 율법에 반하는 어떤 증거도 받아들일 수 없다." 우리는 진리의 하나님께서 '다른 신들을 따르자'는 가정 속에 담긴 그처럼 명백한 거짓에 이적의 인을 찍으신다고 생각할 수 없다. 이 거짓 예언자가 왜 이런 행동을 허용받는가 하는 물음에 대해서는 신명기 13장 3절이 이렇게 답한다. "하나님 여호와께서 너희를 시험하신다. 그분은 너희가 온 마음과 온 영혼으로 주 너희 하나님을 사랑하는지 알고자 하신다." 이런 시험을 허용하시는 것은 완전한 자와 거짓되고 부패한 자 모두를 드러나게 하기 위함이다. 그러므로 시험 앞에서 잘 처신하고 굳건히 서야 한다.

둘째로, 이 경우에 필요한 명령이 제시된다.

1. 유혹에 굴복하지 말라(신명기 13:3). "그 예언자의 말을 따르지 말라." 유혹이 권하는 일을 하지 말 뿐 아니라, 그 유혹 자체를 귀담아 들어서도 안 되며, 최대한 경멸과 혐오로 거부해야 한다. 이런 제안은 토론에 부칠 것도 없고, 귀를 닫아 버려야 한다. "사탄아 내 뒤로 물러가라." 어떤 유혹은 너무도 명백히 사악하여 논쟁의 여지가 없다. 그런 유혹은 들을 필요조차 없다. 그 다음에 나오는 말씀(신명기 13:4), "너희는 주를 따르라"는 것은 (1) 유혹에 대한 예방책이다. "네 의무에 충실하면, 해를 피할 수 있다. 하나님은 우리가 그분을 떠나기 전에는 절대 우리를 버리지 않으신다." 또는 (2) 유혹에 대한 대답이다. "성경에 기록되었으되, '네 하나님 여호와를 따르며 그를 붙들어라'고 하였으니, 내가 우상과 무슨 상관이 있겠는가?"

2. 유혹하는 자를 용납하지 말라(신명기 13:5). 그 예언자는 죽임을 당해야 한다. 이는 그가 저지른 시도를 처벌하기 위함이다(아무도 그에게 유혹받지 않았더라도 유혹하는 자는 죽어야 한다. 왕권에 대한 모의는 반역이다). 또한 더 큰 해악을 방지하기 위함이다. 이것을 "악을 제거한다"고 한다. 죄인을 처벌하지 않고는 죄책을 없앨 방법이 없다. 그런 범죄자를 처벌하지 않으면, 처벌해야 할 자들이 스스로 책임을 지게 된다. 병든 지체를 잘라내어 재앙을 제거해야 한다. 이런 위험한 병은 제때에 다루어야 한다.

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D E U T E R O N O M Y CHAP. XIII. Moses is still upon that necessary subject concerning the peril of idolatry. In the close of the foregoing chapter he had cautioned them against the peril that might arise from their predecessors the Canaanites. In this chapter he cautions them against the rise of idolatry from among themselves; they must take heed lest any should draw them to idolatry, 1. By the pretence of prophecy, Deuteronomy 13:1-5 . II. By the pretence of friendship and relation, Deuteronomy 13:6-11 . III. By the pretence of numbers, Deuteronomy 13:12-18 . But in all these cases the temptation must be resolutely resisted and the tempters punished and cut off. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-5" class="com-number"

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모세는 우상숭배의 위험이라는 중요한 주제를 계속 다루고 있다. 앞 장의 마지막 부분에서 그는 가나안 사람들, 즉 이스라엘 이전에 살던 사람들로부터 비롯될 수 있는 위험을 경고하였다. 이 장에서 모세는 이스라엘 백성 내부에서 우상숭배가 일어날 가능성을 경고한다. 이스라엘 백성이 우상숭배로 유혹받을 수 있는 경우는 세 가지이다.

첫째, 예언자를 자처하는 자의 유혹이다(신명기 13:1-5). 둘째, 친구나 가족이라는 친밀한 관계를 이용한 유혹이다(신명기 13:6-11). 셋째, 다수의 힘을 내세우는 유혹이다(신명기 13:12-18). 그러나 이 모든 경우에 유혹은 단호하게 거부해야 하며, 유혹하는 자는 처벌받고 제거되어야 한다.

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6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. Further provision is made by this branch of the statute against receiving the infection of idolatry from those that are near and dear to us. I. It is the policy of the tempter to send his solicitations by the hand of those whom we love, whom we least suspect of any ill design upon us, and whom we are desirous to please and apt to conform ourselves to. The enticement here is supposed to come from a brother or child that are near by nature, from a wife or friend that are near by choice, and are to us as our own souls, Deuteronomy 13:6 ; Deuteronomy 13:6 . Satan tempted Adam by Eve and Christ by Peter. We are therefore concerned to stand upon our guard against a bad proposal when the person that makes it can pretend to an interest in us, that we many never sin against God in compliment to the best friend we have in the world. The temptation is supposed to be private: he will entice thee secretly, implying that idolatry is a work of darkness, which dreads the light and covets to be concealed, and in which the sinner promises himself, and the tempter promises him, secrecy and security. Concerning the false gods proposed to be served, 1. The tempter suggests that the worshipping of these gods was the common practice of the world; and, if they limited their adorations to an invisible Deity, they were singular, and like nobody, for these gods were the gods of the people round about them, and indeed of all the nations of the earth, Deuteronomy 13:7 ; Deuteronomy 13:7 . This suggestion draws many away from religion and godliness, that it is an unfashionable thing; and they make their court to the world and the flesh because these are the gods of the people that are round about them. 2. Moses suggests, in opposition to this, that it had not been the practice of their ancestors; they are gods which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers. Those that are born of godly parents, and have been educated in pious exercises, when they are enticed to a vain, loose, careless way of living should remember that those are ways which they have not known, they nor their fathers. And will they thus degenerate? II. It is our duty to prefer God and religion before the best friends we have in the world. 1. We must not, in complaisance to our friends, break God's law ( Deuteronomy 13:8 ; Deuteronomy 13:8 ): " Thou shalt not consent to him. nor go with him to his idolatrous worship, no, not for company, or curiosity, or to gain a better interest in is affections." It is a general rule, If sinners entice thee, consent thou not, Proverbs 1:10 . 2. We must not, in compassion to our friends, obstruct the course of God's justice. He that attempts such a thing must not only be looked upon as an enemy, or dangerous person, whom one should be afraid of, and swear the peace against, but as a criminal or traitor, whom, in zeal for our sovereign Lord, his crown and dignity, we are bound to inform against, and cannot conceal without incurring the guilt of a great misprision ( Deuteronomy 13:9 ; Deuteronomy 13:9 ): Thou shalt surely kill him. By this law the persons enticed were bound to the seducer, and to give evidence against him before the proper judges, that he might suffer the penalty of the law, and that without delay, which the Jews say is here intended in that phrase, as it is in the Hebrew, killing thou shalt kill him. Neither the prosecution nor the execution must be deferred; and he that was first in the former must be first in the latter, to show that he stood to his testimony: " Thy hand shall be first upon him, to mark him out as an anathema, and then the hands of all the people, to put him away as an accursed thing." The death he must die was that which was looked upon among the Jews as the severest of all deaths. He must be stoned: and his accusation written is that he has sought to thrust thee away, by a kind of violence, from the Lord they God, Deuteronomy 13:10 ; Deuteronomy 13:10 . Those are certainly our worst enemies that would thrust us from God, our best friend; and whatever draws us to sin, separates between us and God, is a design upon our life, and to be resented accordingly, And, lastly, here is the good effect of this necessary execution ( Deuteronomy 13:11 ; Deuteronomy 13:11 ): All Israel shall hear and fear. They ought to hear and fear; for the punishment of crimes committed is designed in terrorem--to terrify, and so to prevent their repetition. And it is to be hoped they will hear and fear, and by the severity of the punishment, especially when it is at the prosecution of a father, a brother, or a friend, will be made to conceive a horror of the sin, as exceedingly sinful, and to be afraid of incurring the like punishment themselves. Smite the scorner that sins presumptuously, and the simple, that is in danger of sinning carelessly, will beware. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-12-18" class="com-number"

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이 단락은 우리와 가깝고 소중한 사람들로부터 우상숭배의 오염을 받지 못하도록 하는 또 다른 규정이다.

첫째로, 유혹자가 사랑하는 사람의 손을 빌려 유혹을 보내는 것은 마귀의 전략이다. 우리가 가장 의심하지 않고, 기쁘게 하고 싶고, 자연스럽게 따르고 싶은 사람 말이다. 이 유혹은 혈육으로 가까운 형제나 자녀에게서 올 수 있고, 선택으로 가까워진 아내나 친구, 즉 자기 자신과 같은 사람에게서 올 수 있다(신명기 13:6). 사탄은 하와를 통해 아담을 유혹하였고, 베드로를 통해 그리스도를 유혹하였다. 그러므로 우리에게 이해관계가 있다고 주장하는 사람이 나쁜 제안을 할 때는 더욱 경계해야 한다. 세상에서 가장 소중한 친구에게 비위를 맞추기 위해 하나님께 범죄하는 일이 없어야 한다. 유혹은 은밀하게 이루어진다고 가정된다. "그가 남몰래 너를 꾀어", 이는 우상숭배가 어둠의 일로서 빛을 두려워하고 은폐되기를 바란다는 것을 암시한다. 제시된 거짓 신들에 대해 두 가지를 살펴보자.

1. 유혹자는 이 신들을 섬기는 것이 세상의 일반적인 관행이라고 제안한다. 이스라엘이 섬기는 하나님 한 분만 예배한다면 특이하고 시대착오적이라는 것이다. 이 신들은 주변 민족의 신들이며 사실상 온 땅의 신들이라고 주장한다(신명기 13:7). 이 주장은 많은 사람을 신앙에서 이탈하게 한다. 주변 민족의 신들이기 때문에 세상과 육신에 아첨하는 것이다.

2. 반면에 모세는 이 신들이 조상들의 관행이 아님을 강조한다. "너도 알지 못하고 네 조상들도 알지 못한 신들이다." 경건한 부모에게서 태어나 경건한 훈련을 받은 사람이 헛되고 방탕하고 부주의한 삶으로 유혹받을 때, 그것이 자신도 알지 못하고 조상들도 알지 못한 길임을 기억해야 한다. 그들이 그렇게 타락할 것인가?

둘째로, 하나님과 신앙을 위해서라면 세상의 가장 좋은 친구들보다도 하나님을 우선시하는 것이 우리의 의무이다.

1. 친구에게 맞추려고 하나님의 율법을 어겨서는 안 된다(신명기 13:8). "그에게 동의하지 말고, 그의 우상숭배 예배에 따라가지 말라. 교제를 위해서도, 호기심 때문에도, 그의 마음을 더 얻으려고도." 일반 원칙은 이것이다. "죄인이 너를 꾀어도 따르지 말라"(잠언 1:10).

2. 친구에 대한 동정심 때문에 하나님의 공의로운 심판을 방해해서는 안 된다. 그런 일을 시도하는 자는 두려워해야 할 적이나 위험인물로 볼 뿐 아니라, 우리의 주권자이신 주님에 대한 열심으로 반드시 고발해야 할 범죄자나 반역자로 보아야 한다(신명기 13:9). "반드시 그를 죽여야 한다." 이 율법에 따라 유혹받은 자는 유혹한 자를 고발하고 재판관들 앞에서 증언해야 했다. 지체 없이 처벌이 이루어져야 했다. 히브리어 표현 "반드시 죽이되 죽여야 한다"는 말이 이것을 의미한다고 유대인들은 말한다. 고발도 지체해서는 안 되고 집행도 지체해서는 안 된다. 먼저 고발한 자가 먼저 처형에 참여해야 했다. 이는 자신의 증언을 확인하는 것이다. "네 손이 먼저 그를 치고, 그 다음에 모든 백성의 손이 그를 칠 것이다." 죽이는 방식은 유대인들 사이에서 가장 엄중한 사형으로 간주되었다. 돌로 쳐서 죽여야 했다. 고발 내용은 그가 "하나님 여호와에게서 너를 끌어내려 했다"는 것이다(신명기 13:10). 우리를 하나님, 즉 우리의 가장 좋은 친구에게서 끌어내려는 자들이 분명히 우리의 최악의 원수들이다. 우리를 죄로 이끄는 것은 무엇이든 우리와 하나님 사이를 갈라놓으며, 이는 우리의 생명을 위협하는 것이므로 그에 합당하게 대응해야 한다.

마지막으로, 이 필요한 처형의 좋은 결과가 제시된다(신명기 13:11). "온 이스라엘이 듣고 두려워할 것이다." 그들은 마땅히 듣고 두려워해야 한다. 범죄에 대한 처벌은 경고를 위해 설계된 것이며, 그래서 반복을 방지한다. 아버지나 형제나 친구의 고발로 이루어지는 엄중한 처벌을 통해 사람들이 그 죄를 극히 죄악스러운 것으로 여기고 같은 처벌을 받을까 두려워하게 되기를 바란다. 오만하게 죄짓는 자를 징계하면, 부주의하게 죄지을 위험에 있는 순진한 자들이 조심하게 된다.

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12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. Here the case is put of a city revolting from its allegiance to the God of Israel, and serving other gods. I. The crime is supposed to be committed, 1. By one of the cities of Israel, that lay within the jurisdiction of their courts. The church then judged those only that were within, 1 Corinthians 5:12 ; 1 Corinthians 5:13 . And, even when they were ordered to preserve their religion in the first principles of it by fire and sword to propagate it. Those that are born within the allegiance of a prince, if they take up arms against him, are dealt with as traitors, but foreign invaders are not so. The city that is here supposed to have become idolatrous is one that formerly worshipped the true God, but had now withdrawn to other gods, which intimates how great the crime is, and how sore the punishment will be, of those that, after they have known the way of righteousness, turn aside from it, 2 Peter 2:21 . 2. It is supposed to be committed by the generality of the inhabitants of the city, for we may conclude that, if a considerable number did retain their integrity, those only that were guilty were to be destroyed, and the city was to be spared for the sake of the righteous in it; for will not the Judge of all the earth do right? No doubt he will. 3. They are supposed to be drawn to idolatry by certain men, the children of Belial, men that would endure no yoke (so it signifies), that neither fear God nor regard man, but shake off all restraints of law and conscience, and are perfectly lost to all manner of virtue; these are those that say, "Let us serve other gods," that will not only allow, but will countenance and encourage, our immoralities. Belial is put for the devil ( 2 Corinthians 6:15 ), and the children of Belial are his children. These withdraw the inhabitants of the city; for a little of this old leaven, when it is entertained, soon leavens the whole lump. II. The cause is ordered to be tried with a great deal of care ( Deuteronomy 13:14 ; Deuteronomy 13:14 ): Thou shalt enquire and make search. They must not proceed upon common fame, or take the information by hearsay, but must examine the proofs, and not give judgment against them unless the evidence was clear and the charge fully made out. God himself, before he destroyed Sodom, is said to have come down to see whether its crimes were according to the clamour, Genesis 18:21 . In judicial processes it is requisite that time, and care, and pains, be taken to find out the truth, and that search be made without any passion, prejudice, or partiality. The Jewish writers say that, though particular persons who were idolaters might be judged by the inferior courts, the defection of a city was to be tried by the great Sanhedrim; and, if it appeared that they were thrust away to idolatry, two learned men were sent to them to admonish and reclaim them. If they repented, all would be well; if not, then all Israel must go up to war against them, to testify their indignation against idolatry and to stop the spreading of the contagion. III. If the crime were proved, and the criminals were incorrigible, the city was to be wholly destroyed. If there were a few righteous men in it, no doubt they would remove themselves and their families out of such a dangerous place, and then all the inhabitants, men, women, and children, must be put to the sword ( Deuteronomy 13:15 ; Deuteronomy 13:15 ), all the spoil of the city, both shop-goods and the furniture of houses, must be brought into the marketplace and burned, and the city itself must be laid in ashes and never built again, Deuteronomy 13:16 ; Deuteronomy 13:16 . The soldiers are forbidden, upon pain of death, to convert any of the plunder to their own use, Deuteronomy 13:17 ; Deuteronomy 13:17 . It was a devoted thing, and dangerous to meddle with, as we find in the case of Achan. Now, 1. God enjoins this severity of show what a jealous God he is in the matters of his worship, and how great a crime it is to serve other gods. Let men know that God will not give his glory to another, nor his praise to graven images. 2. He expects that magistrates, having their honour and power from him, should be concerned for his honour, and use their power for terror to evil doers, else they bear the sword in vain. 3. The faithful worshippers of the true God must take all occasions to show their just indignation against idolatry, much more against atheism, infidelity, and irreligion. 4. It is here intimated that the best expedient for the turning away of God's anger from a land is to execute justice upon the wicked of the land ( Deuteronomy 13:17 ; Deuteronomy 13:17 ), that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, which was ready to break out against the whole nation, for the wickedness of that one apostate city. It is promised that, if they would thus root wickedness out of their land, God would multiply them. They might think it impolitic, and against the interest of their nation, to ruin a whole city for a crime relating purely to religion, and that they should be more sparing of the blood of Israelites: "Fear not the" (says Moses), "God will multiply you the more; the body of your nation will lose nothing by the letting out of this corrupt blood." Lastly, Though we do not find this law put in execution in all the history of the Jewish church (Gibeah was destroyed, not for idolatry, but immorality), yet for the neglect of the execution of it upon the inferior cities that served idols God himself, by the army of the Chaldeans, put it in execution upon Jerusalem, the head city, which, for is apostasy from God, was utterly destroyed and laid waste, and lay in ruins seventy years. 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이 단락은 이스라엘의 한 성읍이 이스라엘의 하나님께 대한 충성에서 이탈하여 다른 신들을 섬기는 경우를 다룬다.

첫째로, 범죄는 세 가지 조건을 가정하여 제시된다.

1. 이스라엘 성읍 중 하나, 즉 그들의 재판권 안에 있는 성읍이 이를 저질렀다고 가정한다. 그때 교회는 안에 있는 자들만 심판하였다(고린도전서 5:12-13). 또한 맨 처음 원칙에서 종교를 지키도록 명받았을 때도 불(火)과 칼로 그것을 전파하려 하지 않았다. 군주에 대한 충성 의무 안에서 태어난 자들이 그를 대적하여 무장하면 반역자로 취급되지만, 외부 침략자는 그렇지 않다. 우상숭배자가 된 것으로 가정되는 이 성읍은 참 하나님을 섬기다가 다른 신들로 돌아선 성읍이다. 이것은 그 범죄의 심각성과 의의 길을 알고도 돌이키는 자들이 받을 엄중한 처벌을 암시한다(베드로후서 2:21).

2. 그 성읍 주민 대다수가 이 죄를 저질렀다고 가정된다. 상당수의 주민이 올바른 신앙을 지키고 있다면, 죄를 지은 자들만 멸망시키고 성읍은 그 안의 의인들을 위해 보존해야 한다고 결론 내릴 수 있다. 온 땅의 재판장이 올바르게 행하시지 않겠는가? 물론 그분은 그렇게 하신다.

3. 그들이 우상숭배로 이끌린 것은 특정한 사람들, 즉 "벨리알의 아들들" 때문이라고 가정된다. 이들은 어떤 멍에도 지지 않으려 하는 사람들로(그 단어의 의미), 하나님도 두려워하지 않고 사람도 존중하지 않으며, 율법과 양심의 모든 제약을 던져 버리고 모든 덕에서 완전히 이탈한 자들이다. "다른 신들을 섬기자"고 말하는 자들이 바로 이들이다. 벨리알은 마귀를 의미하고(고린도후서 6:15), 벨리알의 아들들은 그의 자녀들이다. 이들이 성읍 주민들을 끌어들인다. 이 묵은 누룩이 한번 자리를 잡으면 온 덩이를 금방 부풀게 한다.

둘째로, 재판을 대단히 신중하게 진행하도록 명하신다(신명기 13:14). "조사하고 수색하며 잘 물어보아야 한다." 소문에 근거하거나 전해 들은 정보만으로 진행해서는 안 되며, 증거를 살피고 명백한 증거 없이는 판결을 내려서는 안 된다. 하나님께서 친히 소돔을 멸하시기 전에 그 죄악이 소문과 일치하는지 확인하러 내려오셨다고 한다(창세기 18:21). 사법 절차에서는 진실을 밝히기 위해 시간과 주의와 노력을 기울여야 하며, 아무런 격정, 편견, 편파 없이 수색이 이루어져야 한다. 유대 학자들은 개인 우상숭배자는 하급 재판소에서 재판할 수 있지만, 한 성읍의 이탈은 대공회에서 재판해야 한다고 말한다. 우상숭배로 끌려갔다는 사실이 확인되면, 그들을 훈계하고 돌이키도록 하기 위해 학자 두 명을 보냈다고 한다. 회개하면 좋은 것이고, 그렇지 않으면 이스라엘 전체가 그들을 대적하여 전쟁을 벌여야 했다. 이는 우상숭배에 대한 분노를 나타내고 오염의 확산을 막기 위해서였다.

셋째로, 죄가 증명되고 범죄자들이 회개하지 않으면, 그 성읍은 완전히 멸망시켜야 했다. 그 안에 의인이 몇 있다면, 그들은 틀림없이 가족과 함께 그런 위험한 곳을 떠났을 것이다. 그 후에 남녀노소 모든 주민을 칼로 쳐야 하고(신명기 13:15), 가게 물건과 가재도구를 포함한 모든 노략물을 광장으로 가져와 불살라야 하며, 성읍 자체도 폐허로 만들어 다시 세워서는 안 된다(신명기 13:16). 군인들은 사형에 처할 위험을 무릅쓰고 노략물을 사적으로 취해서는 안 된다(신명기 13:17). 그것은 저주받은 물건이며, 손을 대면 위험하다는 것을 아간의 사례에서 알 수 있다.

이 심판에서 몇 가지 사항을 주목하자.

1. 하나님께서 이 엄중함을 명하시는 것은 그분이 예배에 있어 얼마나 질투하시는 하나님인지를, 그리고 다른 신들을 섬기는 것이 얼마나 큰 죄인지를 보여 주기 위해서이다. 하나님은 자신의 영광을 다른 이에게, 자신의 찬양을 새긴 형상에게 주지 않으신다.

2. 하나님은 그분에게서 존귀와 권세를 받은 위정자들이 그분의 영광을 위해 힘쓰고, 악을 행하는 자들에게 두려움이 되도록 그 권세를 사용하기를 기대하신다. 그렇지 않으면 칼을 헛되이 지닌 것이다.

3. 참 하나님을 신실하게 예배하는 자들은 우상숭배, 더 나아가 무신론과 불신앙과 불경건에 대한 의로운 분노를 표현할 모든 기회를 포착해야 한다.

4. 하나님의 진노를 한 땅에서 돌이키는 가장 좋은 방법은 그 땅의 악인들에게 공의를 집행하는 것임이 여기서 암시된다(신명기 13:17). 온 나라를 향해 폭발하려던 하나님의 맹렬한 진노가 그 이탈한 성읍 하나의 악함 때문에 내리려 했던 것을 돌이키기 위해서이다. 이렇게 악을 자신들의 땅에서 뿌리 뽑으면 하나님께서 그들을 번성하게 하실 것이라고 약속하신다. 종교에 관한 범죄 때문에 한 성읍 전체를 멸하는 것이 비정치적이고 나라의 이익에 반한다고, 이스라엘 사람의 피를 아껴야 한다고 생각할 수도 있다. 모세는 이렇게 말한다. "두려워하지 말라. 하나님께서 너희를 더욱 번성케 하실 것이다. 너희 나라의 몸체는 이 썩은 피를 내보냄으로써 아무것도 잃지 않을 것이다."

마지막으로, 이 율법이 유대 교회의 역사 전체에서 실행된 적이 없지만(기브아는 우상숭배가 아닌 부도덕으로 멸망하였다), 그러나 이 율법을 시행하지 않은 결과로, 우상을 섬긴 하위 성읍들에 대해 하나님 자신이 바벨론 군대를 통해 그 율법을 수도 예루살렘에 직접 집행하셨다. 예루살렘은 하나님에게서 이탈한 죄로 완전히 멸망하고 황폐케 되어 70년 동안 폐허로 남아 있었다. 우상숭배자들이 사람의 처벌을 피할 수는 있지만(복음 아래서 이 율법의 문자가 지금 구속력을 갖지는 않지만), 우리 하나님 여호와는 그들이 그분의 의로운 심판을 피하는 것을 허용하지 않으실 것이다. 신약성경은 우상숭배자들과의 교제를 다른 어떤 죄보다도 주님의 질투를 불러일으키는 죄로, 마치 우리가 그분보다 강한 것처럼 그분께 도전하는 것으로 말씀한다(고린도전서 10:21-22).

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