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주석[매튜 헨리] — 출애굽기 21장 · 종에 관한 법

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Judicial Laws. . 1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. 8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. The Exodus 21:1 is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters between man and man. Their government being purely a Theocracy, that which in other states is to be settled by human prudence was directed among them by a divine appointment, so that the constitution of their government was peculiarly adapted to make them happy. These laws are called judgments, because they are framed in infinite wisdom and equity, and because their magistrates were to give judgment according to the people. In the doubtful cases that had hitherto occurred, Moses had particularly enquired of God for them, as appeared, Exodus 18:15 ; Exodus 18:15 ; but now God gave him statutes in general by which to determine particular cases, which likewise he must apply to other like cases that might happen, which, falling under the same reason, fell under the same rule. He begins with the laws concerning servants, commanding mercy and moderation towards them. The Israelites had lately been servants themselves; and now that they had become, not only their own masters, but masters of servants too, lest they should abuse their servants, as they themselves had been abused and ruled with rigour by the Egyptian task-masters, provision was made by these laws for the mild and gentle usage of servants. Note, If those who have had power over us have been injurious to us this will not in the least excuse us if we be in like manner injurious to those who are under our power, but will rather aggravate our crime, because, in that case, we may the more easily put our souls into their soul's stead. Here is, I. A law concerning men-servants, sold, either by themselves or their parents, through poverty, or by the judges, for their crimes; even those of the latter sort (if Hebrews) were to continue in slavery but seven years at the most, in which time it was taken for granted that they would sufficiently have smarted for their folly or offence. At the seven years' end the servant should either go out free ( Exodus 21:2 ; Exodus 21:3 ), or his servitude should thenceforward be his choice, Exodus 21:5 ; Exodus 21:6 . If he had a wife given him by his master, and children, he might either leave them and go out free himself, or, if he had such a kindness for them that he would rather tarry with them in bondage than go out at liberty without them, he was to have his ear bored through to the doorpost and serve till the death of his master, or the year of jubilee. 1. By this law God taught, (1.) The Hebrew servants generosity, and a noble love of liberty, for they were the Lord's freemen; a mark of disgrace must be put upon him who refused liberty when he might have it, though he refused it upon considerations otherwise laudable enough. Thus Christians, being bought with a price, and called unto liberty, must not be the servants of men, nor of the lusts of men, 1 Corinthians 7:23 . There is a free and princely spirit that much helps to uphold a Christian, Psalms 51:12 . He likewise taught, (2.) The Hebrew masters not to trample upon their poor servants, knowing, not only that they had been by birth upon a level with them, but that, in a few years, they would be so again. Thus Christian masters must look with respect on believing servants, Philemon 1:16 . 2. This law will be further useful to us, (1.) To illustrate the right God has to the children of believing parents, as such, and the place they have in his church. They are by baptism enrolled among his servants, because they are born in his house, for they are therefore born unto him, Ezekiel 16:20 . David owns himself God's servant, as he was the son of his handmaid ( Psalms 116:16 ), and therefore entitled to protection, Psalms 86:16 . (2.) To explain the obligation which the great Redeemer laid upon himself to prosecute the work of our salvation, for he says ( Psalms 40:6 ), My ears hast thou opened, which seems to allude to this law. He loved his Father, and his captive spouse, and the children that were given him, and would not go out free from his undertaking, but engaged to serve in it for ever, Isaiah 42:1 ; Isaiah 42:4 . Much more reason have we thus to engage ourselves to serve God for ever; we have all the reason in the world to love our Master and his work, and to have our ears bored to his door-posts, as those who desire not to go out free from his service, but to be found more and more free to it, and in it, Psalms 84:10 . Concerning maid-servants, whom their parents, through extreme poverty, had sold, when they were very young, to such as they hoped would marry them when they grew up; if they did not, yet they must not sell them to strangers, but rather study how to make them amends for the disappointment; if they did, they must maintain them handsomely, Exodus 21:7-11 ; Exodus 21:7-11 . Thus did God provide for the comfort and reputation of the daughters of Israel, and has taught husbands to give honour to their wives (be their extraction ever so mean) as to the weaker vessels, 1 Peter 3:7 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-12-21" class="com-number"

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이 장의 첫 절은 이 장과 이후 두 장에 기록된 율법들의 일반적인 표제다. 그 율법들 중 일부는 하나님을 향한 종교적 예배에 관한 것이지만, 대부분은 사람과 사람 사이의 관계에 관한 것이다. 이스라엘의 정부는 순전한 신정 정치였으므로, 다른 나라에서는 인간의 지혜로 정해야 할 것들이 이스라엘에서는 하나님의 직접적인 명령으로 규정되었다. 따라서 그들의 통치 체계는 그들을 행복하게 하기 위해 특별히 고안된 것이었다.

이 율법들은 "법도"(judgments)라고 불리는데, 이는 그것들이 무한한 지혜와 공의로 형성되었으며, 백성을 위해 재판관들이 그것에 따라 판결해야 했기 때문이다. 이전에 어려운 사건들이 발생했을 때 모세는 하나님께 직접 여쭤보았는데(출 18:15), 이제 하나님은 그에게 일반적인 규정들을 주셔서 특수한 사건들을 판단하게 하셨다. 이 규정들은 같은 이치에 해당하는 유사한 다른 사건들에도 적용될 수 있었다.

하나님은 종에 관한 율법부터 시작하시며, 그들을 온화하고 절제 있게 대할 것을 명하신다. 이스라엘 백성은 얼마 전까지 스스로 종이었다. 이제 그들이 자기 주인이 되었을 뿐 아니라 다른 종들의 주인도 되었으므로, 이집트의 감독관들이 혹독한 규율로 그들을 억압했듯 자신들의 종들을 억압하지 않도록 이 율법들로 대비책이 마련되었다. 권력을 가진 자가 과거에 자신에게 해를 끼쳤던 이들과 같은 방식으로 아래 사람들에게 해를 끼친다면, 이는 그 죄악을 전혀 변명하지 못하며 오히려 가중시킨다. 왜냐하면 그 경우, 자신의 처지를 상대의 처지에 더 쉽게 놓아볼 수 있기 때문이다.

**남종에 관한 율법:** 가난으로 인해 스스로 또는 부모에 의해, 혹은 판사들에 의해 죄로 인해 팔린 남종에 관한 것이다. 후자의 경우라도 히브리인이라면 최대 7년까지만 종살이를 해야 했으니, 그 기간에 자신의 어리석음이나 잘못에 대해 충분히 대가를 치르는 것으로 여겨졌다. 7년이 끝나면 종은 자유롭게 나가거나(2-3절), 이후 자발적으로 종살이를 선택할 수 있었다(5-6절). 만약 주인이 아내를 주었고 자녀가 있다면, 그는 그들을 두고 자유롭게 나가거나, 그들에 대한 애정이 깊어 자유보다 그들과 함께 종으로 머물기를 원한다면 귀를 문기둥에 뚫는 의식을 치르고 주인이 죽을 때까지 또는 희년까지 섬겨야 했다.

이 율법을 통해 하나님은 다음을 가르치셨다. (1) 히브리 종에게 관대함과 자유에 대한 고귀한 사랑을 가르치셨으니, 그들은 주의 자유인이기 때문이다. 기회가 있음에도 자유를 거부하는 자에게는 수치의 표가 찍혀야 했다. 이것은 그 이유 자체는 충분히 칭찬받을 만하더라도 마찬가지였다. 이처럼 그리스도인들은 값으로 사셨고 자유를 얻도록 부르심을 받았으니 사람의 종이 되어서는 안 된다(고전 7:23). 자유롭고 왕적인 정신이 그리스도인을 크게 떠받든다(시 51:12). (2) 히브리 주인들에게도 가르치셨으니, 불쌍한 종들을 짓밟지 말라는 것이다. 그들은 태어나면서부터 주인과 동등한 지위에 있었으며 몇 년 후면 다시 그렇게 될 것임을 알아야 했다. 이처럼 그리스도인 주인들은 믿는 종들을 존중해야 한다(몬 1:16).

이 율법은 나아가 다음을 밝혀 준다. (1) 믿는 부모의 자녀들에 대해 하나님이 가지신 권리와 그들이 교회에서 차지하는 위치를 설명해 준다. 그들은 세례로 하나님의 종으로 등록되는데, 그것은 그들이 하나님의 집에서 태어났기 때문이다. 따라서 그들은 하나님께로 났다(겔 16:20). 다윗은 자신을 하나님의 여종의 아들이라 여겨 하나님의 종이라 고백했으며(시 116:16), 따라서 보호를 받을 자격이 있다고 하였다(시 86:16). (2) 위대하신 구속주가 우리의 구원 사역을 이루어 가시는 데 스스로를 묶으신 의무를 설명해 준다. 그분은 "주께서 내 귀를 여셨나이다"(시 40:6)라고 말씀하시는데, 이것은 이 율법을 암시하는 것처럼 보인다. 그분은 아버지를 사랑하셨고, 사로잡힌 신부와 그에게 주어진 자녀들을 사랑하셨으며, 그 사역에서 자유롭게 벗어나려 하지 않으시고 영원히 섬기기로 작정하셨다(사 42:1, 4). 우리도 이처럼 하나님을 영원히 섬기겠다고 결단해야 할 이유가 훨씬 더 많다. 우리에게는 주인과 그분의 일을 사랑할 모든 이유가 있으며, 자유롭게 떠나기를 원치 않는 자로서 그분의 문기둥에 귀를 뚫어 그분의 섬김 안에서 점점 더 자유로워지기를 구해야 한다(시 84:10).

**여종에 관한 규정:** 극심한 가난으로 인해 부모가 어린 딸을 장차 자라면 결혼시키려는 의도로 다른 사람에게 판 경우에 관한 것이다. 만약 그 남자가 그녀와 결혼하지 않는다면 다른 민족에게 팔 수 없으며, 오히려 그 실망에 대해 보상할 방법을 찾아야 한다. 만약 결혼한다면 그녀를 충분히 부양해야 한다(7-11절). 이처럼 하나님은 이스라엘 딸들의 안락과 명예를 위해 공급해 주셨고, 남편들이 아내를 그 출신이 아무리 낮더라도 연약한 그릇으로 존귀히 여기도록 가르치셨다(벧전 3:7).

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E X O D U S CHAP. XXI. The laws recorded in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they are not accommodated to our constitution, especially in point of servitude, nor are the penalties annexed binding on us, yet they are of great use for the explanation of the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. Here are several enlargements, I. Upon the fifth commandment, which concerns particular relations. 1. The duty of masters towards their servants, their men-servants ( Exodus 21:2-6 ), and the maidservants, Exodus 21:7-11 . 2. The punishment of disobedient children that strike their parents ( Exodus 21:15 ), or curse them, Exodus 21:17 . II. Upon the sixth commandment, which forbids all violence offered to the person of a man. Here is, 1. Concerning murder, Exodus 21:12-14 . 2. Man-stealing, Exodus 21:16 . 3. Assault and battery, Exodus 21:18 ; Exodus 21:19 . 4. Correcting a servant, Exodus 21:20 ; Exodus 21:21 . 5. Hurting a woman with child, Exodus 21:22 ; Exodus 21:23 . 6. The law of retaliation, Exodus 21:24 ; Exodus 21:25 . 7. Maiming a servant, Exodus 21:26 . 8. An ox goring, Exodus 21:28-32 . 9. Damage by opening a pit, Exodus 21:33 ; Exodus 21:34 . 10. Cattle fighting, Exodus 21:35 ; Exodus 21:36 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-11" class="com-number"

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출애굽기 21장에 기록된 율법들은 제5계명과 제6계명에 관한 것이다. 이 율법들이 우리의 헌법 체계에, 특히 종의 신분에 관한 부분에서 그대로 적용되지는 않으며, 여기에 부가된 형벌 조항들이 우리를 직접적으로 구속하지는 않는다. 그러나 이 율법들은 도덕법을 해설하고 자연적 정의의 원칙을 설명하는 데 매우 유용하다.

이 장은 다음과 같이 구성된다.

I. 제5계명의 확장 규정 — 특수한 관계에 관한 것: 1. 주인이 남종(2-6절)과 여종(7-11절)에게 지켜야 할 의무. 2. 부모를 치는(15절) 또는 부모를 저주하는(17절) 반역하는 자녀에 대한 처벌.

II. 제6계명의 확장 규정 — 사람의 신체에 가하는 모든 폭력을 금하는 것: 1. 살인에 관하여(12-14절). 2. 사람을 납치하는 것(16절). 3. 폭행과 구타(18-19절). 4. 종을 징계함(20-21절). 5. 임신한 여인을 다치게 함(22-23절). 6. 동태복수법(24-25절). 7. 종의 신체 훼손(26절). 8. 소가 받은 경우(28-32절). 9. 구덩이를 열어 둔 피해(33-34절). 10. 가축끼리 싸움(35-36절).

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12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. Here is, I. A law concerning murder. He had lately said, Thou shalt not kill; here he provides, 1. For the punishing of wilful murder ( Exodus 21:12 ; Exodus 21:12 ): He that smiteth a man, whether upon a sudden passion or in malice prepense, so that he die, the government must take care that the murderer be put to death, according to that ancient law ( Genesis 9:6 ), Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. God, who by his providence gives and maintains life, thus by his law protects it; so that mercy shown to a wilful murderer is real cruelty to all mankind besides: such a one, God here says, shall be taken even from his altar ( Exodus 21:14 ; Exodus 21:14 ), to which he might flee for protection; and, if God will not shelter him, let him flee to the pit, and let no man stay him. 2. For the relief of such as killed by accident, per infortunium--by misfortune, or chance-medley, as our law expresses it, when a man, in doing a lawful act, without intent of hurt to any, happens to kill another, or, as it is here described, God delivers him into his hand; for nothing comes to pass by chance; what seems to us purely casual is ordered by the divine Providence, for wise and holy ends secret to us. In this case God provided cities of refuge for the protection of those whose infelicity it was, but not their fault, to occasion the death of another, Exodus 21:13 ; Exodus 21:13 . With us, who know no avengers of blood but the magistrates, the law itself is a sufficient sanctuary for those whose minds are innocent, though their hands are guilty, and there needs no other. II. Concerning rebellious children. It is here made a capital crime, to be punished with death, for children either, 1. To strike their parents ( Exodus 21:15 ; Exodus 21:15 ) so as either to draw blood or to make the place struck black and blue. Or, 2. To curse their parents ( Exodus 21:17 ; Exodus 21:17 ), if they profaned any name of God in doing it, as the rabbies say. Note, The undutiful behaviour of children towards their parents is a very great provocation to God our common Father; and, if men do not punish it, he will. Those are perfectly lost to all virtue, and abandoned to all wickedness, that have broken through the bonds of filial reverence and duty to such a degree as in word or action to abuse their own parents. What yoke will those bear that have shaken off this? Let children take heed of entertaining in their minds any such thought or passions towards their parents as savour of undutifulness and contempt; for the righteous God searches the heart. III. Here is a law against man-stealing ( Exodus 21:16 ; Exodus 21:16 ): He that steals a man (that is, a person, man, woman, or child), with design to sell him to the Gentiles (for no Israelite would buy him), was adjudged to death by this statute, which is ratified by the apostle ( 1 Timothy 1:10 ), where men-stealers are reckoned among those wicked ones against whom laws must be made by Christian princes. IV. Care is here taken that satisfaction be made for hurt done to a person, though death do not ensue, Exodus 21:18 ; Exodus 21:19 . He that did the hurt must be accountable for damages, and pay, not only for the cure, but for the loss of time, to which the Jews add that he must likewise give some recompence both for the pain and for the blemish, if there were any. V. Direction is given what should be done if a servant died by his master's correction. This servant must not be an Israelite, but a Gentile slave, as the negroes to our planters; and it is supposed that he smite him with a rod, and not with any thing that was likely to give a mortal wound; yet, if he died under his hand, he should be punished for his cruelty, at the discretion of the judges, upon consideration of circumstances, Exodus 21:20 ; Exodus 21:20 . But, if he continued a day or two after the correction given, the master was supposed to suffer enough by losing his servant, Exodus 21:21 ; Exodus 21:21 . Our law makes the death of a servant, by his master's reasonable beating of him, but chance-medley. Yet let all masters take heed of tyrannizing over their servants; the gospel teaches them even to forbear and moderate threatenings ( Ephesians 6:9 ), considering with holy Job, What shall I do, when God riseth up? Job 31:13-15 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-22-36" class="com-number"

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I. **살인에 관한 율법.** 하나님은 "살인하지 말라"고 이미 말씀하셨다. 이제 그분은 다음 사항들을 규정하신다.

1. **고의적 살인의 처벌**(12절): 사람을 쳐서 죽인 자는, 그것이 갑작스런 격정으로 인한 것이든 미리 계획된 것이든, 정부는 반드시 살인자를 사형에 처해야 한다. 이것은 오래된 율법에 따른 것이다(창 9:6): "사람의 피를 흘리면 그 사람의 피도 사람이 흘릴 것이니라." 하나님은 섭리로 생명을 주시고 유지하시며, 이 율법으로 생명을 보호하신다. 따라서 고의적 살인자에게 자비를 베푸는 것은 다른 모든 사람에게 실제로는 잔인한 일이다. 하나님은 이러한 자에 대해 제단에서도 끌어내라고 명하시는데(14절), 만약 하나님이 그를 보호하지 않으신다면 그는 죽음의 구렁에 내려가야 하며 아무도 그를 막지 말라는 것이다.

2. **우발적 살인에 대한 구제책**(13절): 합법적인 행동을 하다가 해칠 의도 없이 우연히 다른 사람을 죽게 한 경우, 또는 여기 표현대로 하나님이 그의 손에 넘겨주신 경우다. 어떤 일도 우연히 일어나지 않으며, 우리에게 순전히 우발적으로 보이는 것도 하나님의 섭리가 지혜롭고 거룩한 목적을 위해 작정하신 것이다. 이런 경우를 위해 하나님은 도피성들을 마련하셨다(13절). 우리의 사회에서는 피의 보복자가 행정관들밖에 없으므로, 율법 자체가 마음이 결백한 자들에게 충분한 피난처가 되며 다른 것이 필요하지 않다.

II. **반역하는 자녀에 관한 규정.** 다음 두 가지 경우는 사형에 해당하는 범죄로 규정된다. 1. 부모를 치는 것(15절) — 상처를 입히거나 멍이 들도록 치는 경우. 2. 부모를 저주하는 것(17절) — 랍비들에 따르면 그 과정에서 하나님의 이름을 모독하는 경우다. 자녀가 부모에 대해 불경스럽게 행동하는 것은 우리의 공통된 아버지 되신 하나님을 크게 노하게 하는 것이다. 사람이 이를 처벌하지 않더라도 하나님이 처벌하실 것이다. 말이나 행동으로 자기 부모를 학대하는 데까지 이른 자들은 모든 덕을 완전히 상실하고 모든 사악함에 빠진 자들이다. 이러한 자들이 다른 어떤 멍에를 지겠는가? 자녀들은 부모에 대해 불경과 멸시의 기색이 있는 어떤 생각이나 감정도 마음에 품지 않도록 주의해야 한다. 의로우신 하나님은 마음을 살피시기 때문이다.

III. **사람 납치에 관한 율법**(16절): 사람을 납치하여 이방 사람들에게 팔려고 한 자는 — 이스라엘 사람이라면 그런 자를 살 리가 없으므로 — 이 규정에 의해 사형을 받아야 한다. 이는 사도에 의해 확인된 것으로(딤전 1:10), 그는 사람을 납치하는 자들을 그리스도인 왕들이 법으로 다스려야 할 악인들 중에 포함시켰다.

IV. **죽음에 이르지 않는 상해에 대한 배상**(18-19절): 상해를 가한 자는 피해를 배상해야 하며, 치료비뿐 아니라 손실된 시간에 대해서도 지불해야 한다. 유대인들은 여기에 더하여 고통과 영구적인 장애가 있다면 그에 대해서도 배상해야 한다고 말한다.

V. **주인의 징계로 종이 죽은 경우에 대한 규정**(20-21절): 이 경우의 종은 이스라엘 사람이 아니라 이방인 노예다. 주인이 막대기로 쳤다고 가정되며, 치명적인 상처를 줄 것 같지 않은 도구를 사용한 것이다. 그러나 그 손에서 죽었다면, 상황을 고려하여 재판관들의 재량으로 잔인한 행위에 대한 처벌을 받아야 한다(20절). 그러나 하루나 이틀 후에도 살아 있다면 주인은 종을 잃음으로써 이미 충분한 대가를 치렀다고 간주된다(21절). 우리의 법도 종이 주인의 합리적인 체벌로 죽게 된 것은 우발적 사고로 본다. 그러나 모든 주인은 종들에 대해 폭군처럼 군림하지 않도록 주의해야 한다. 복음은 심지어 위협도 삼가고 절제하도록 가르친다(엡 6:9). 욥처럼 경건하게 "하나님이 일어나시면 내가 어떻게 하겠느냐"라고 생각하면서(욥 31:13-15).

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22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. 35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own. Observe here, I. The particular care which the law took of women with child, that no hurt should be done them which might occasion their mis-carrying. The law of nature obliges us to be very tender in that case, lest the tree and fruit be destroyed together, Exodus 21:22 ; Exodus 21:23 . Women with child, who are thus taken under the special protection of the law of God, if they live in his fear, may still believe themselves under the special protection of the providence of God, and hope that they shall be saved in child-bearing. On this occasion comes in that general law of retaliation which our Saviour refers to, Matthew 5:38 , An eye for an eye. Now, 1. The execution of this law is not hereby put into the hands of private persons, as if every man might avenge himself, which would introduce universal confusion, and make men like the fishes of the sea. The tradition of the elders seems to have put this corrupt gloss upon it, in opposition to which our Saviour commands us to forgive injuries, and not to meditate revenge, Matthew 5:39 . 2. God often executes it in the course of his providence, making the punishment, in many cases, to answer to the sin, as Judges 1:7 ; Isaiah 33:1 ; Habakkuk 2:13 ; Matthew 26:52 . 3. Magistrates ought to have an eye to this rule in punishing offenders, and doing right to those that are injured. Consideration must be had of the nature, quality, and degree of the wrong done, that reparation may be made to the party injured, and others deterred from doing the like; either an eye shall go for an eye, or the forfeited eye shall be redeemed by a sum of money. Note, He that does wrong must expect one way or other to receive according to the wrong he has done, Colossians 3:25 . God sometimes brings men's violent dealings upon their own heads ( Psalms 7:16 ); and magistrates are in this the ministers of the justice, that they are avengers ( Romans 13:4 ), and they shall not bear the sword in vain. II. The care God took of servants. If their masters maimed them, though it was only striking out a tooth, that should be their discharge, Exodus 21:26 ; Exodus 21:27 . This was intended, 1. To prevent their being abused; masters would be careful not to offer them any violence, lest they should lose their service. 2. To comfort them if they were abused; the loss of a limb should be the gaining of their liberty, which would do something towards balancing both the pain and disgrace they underwent. Nay, III. Does God take care for oxen? Yes, it appears by the following laws in this chapter that he does, for our sakes, 1 Corinthians 9:9 ; 1 Corinthians 9:10 . The Israelites are here directed what to do, 1. In case of hurt done by oxen, or any other brute-creature; for the law, doubtless, was designed to extend to all parallel cases. (1.) As an instance of God's care of the life of man (though forfeited a thousand times into the hands of divine justice), and in token of his detestation of the sin of murder. If an ox killed any man, woman, or child, the ox was to be stoned ( Exodus 21:28 ; Exodus 21:28 ); and, because the greatest honour of the inferior creatures is to be serviceable to man, the criminal is denied that honour: his flesh shall not be eaten. Thus God would keep up in the minds of his people a rooted abhorrence of the sin of murder and every thing that was barbarous. (2.) To make men careful that none of their cattle might do hurt, but that, by all means possible, mischief might be prevented. If the owner of the beast knew that he was mischievous, he must answer for the hurt done, and, according as the circumstances of the case proved him to be more or less accessory, he must either be put to death or ransom his life with a sum of money, Exodus 21:29-32 ; Exodus 21:29-32 . Some of our ancient books make this felony, by the common law of England, and give this reason, "The owner, by suffering his beast to go at liberty when he knew it to be mischievous, shows that he was very willing that hurt should be done." Note, It is not enough for us not to do mischief ourselves, but we must take care that no mischief be done by those whom it is in our power to restrain, whether man or beast. 2. In case of hurt done to oxen, or other cattle. (1.) If they fall into a pit, and perish there, he that opened the pit must make good the loss, Exodus 21:33 ; Exodus 21:34 . Note, We must take heed not only of doing that which will be hurtful, but of doing that which may be so. It is not enough not to design and devise mischief, but we must contrive to prevent mischief, else we become accessory to our neighbours' damage. Mischief done in malice is the great transgression; but mischief done through negligence, and for want of due care and consideration, is not without fault, but ought to be reflected upon with great regret, according as the degree of the mischief is: especially we must be careful that we do nothing to make ourselves accessory to the sins of others, by laying an occasion of offence in our brother's way, Romans 14:13 . (2.) If cattle fight, and one kill another, the owners shall equally share in the loss, Exodus 21:35 ; Exodus 21:35 . Only if the beast that had done the harm was known to the owner to have been mischievous he shall answer for the damage, because he ought either to have killed him or kept him up, Exodus 21:36 ; Exodus 21:36 . The determinations of these cases carry with them the evidence of their own equity, and give such rules of justice as were then, and are still, in use, for the decision of similar controversies that arise between man and man. But I conjecture that these cases might be specified, rather than others (though some of them seem minute), because they were then cases in fact actually depending before Moses; for in the wilderness where they lay closely encamped, and had their flocks and herds among them, such mischiefs as these last mentioned were likely enough to occur. 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I. **임신한 여인에 관한 특별 보호.** 율법은 임신한 여인에 대해 특별한 주의를 기울였으며, 유산을 초래할 수 있는 어떤 상해도 가해지지 않도록 했다. 자연법도 그 경우에 매우 신중하도록 의무지운다. 나무와 열매가 함께 망하지 않도록 하기 위해서다(22-23절). 이처럼 하나님의 율법의 특별한 보호 아래 있는 임신한 여인들은, 하나님을 경외하는 안에서 산다면, 하나님의 섭리의 특별한 보호 아래 있다고 믿을 수 있으며, 해산으로 구원받을 것을 소망할 수 있다.

이 문맥에서 우리 주님이 언급하시는 동태복수법이 나온다(마 5:38): "눈은 눈으로." 이제 이 율법의 집행에 대해 다음을 주목하라.

1. 이 율법의 집행이 개인들의 손에 맡겨진 것이 아니다. 마치 모든 사람이 스스로 복수할 수 있는 것처럼 두면 보편적인 혼란이 초래되고 사람들을 바다의 물고기처럼 만들 것이다. 장로들의 전통은 이 율법에 이런 잘못된 해석을 가했던 것 같다. 이에 반대하여 우리 주님은 상해를 용서하고 복수를 생각하지 말라고 명하신다(마 5:39).

2. 하나님은 종종 그분의 섭리의 과정 속에서 이것을 집행하시며, 많은 경우 죄에 맞는 형벌이 내려지게 하신다(삿 1:7; 사 33:1; 합 2:13; 마 26:52).

3. 행정관들은 이 원칙을 범죄자를 처벌하고 피해를 입은 자의 권리를 찾아주는 데 적용해야 한다. 잘못의 성격, 질, 정도를 고려하여 적절한 배상이 이루어져야 하며, 다른 이들이 같은 행동을 하지 않도록 억제해야 한다. 눈으로 눈을 갚거나, 잃은 눈의 대가를 금전으로 배상해야 한다. 잘못을 행한 자는 어떤 방식으로든 자신이 행한 잘못에 따라 갚음을 받을 것을 기대해야 한다(골 3:25). 하나님은 때로 사람들의 폭력적인 행위가 자신의 머리로 돌아오게 하시며(시 7:16), 행정관들은 이 정의의 집행에서 복수자로서 하나님의 사역자들이다(롬 13:4). 그들은 헛되이 칼을 차지 않는다.

II. **하나님이 종들을 돌보심.** 주인들이 종들의 신체를 훼손하면, 비록 이를 하나만 뽑더라도, 그것이 종에게 자유를 주는 근거가 된다(26-27절). 이것은 다음 두 가지 목적으로 의도된 것이다. 1. 종들에 대한 학대를 방지하기 위해서다. 주인들은 종의 봉사를 잃지 않으려고 폭력을 가하지 않을 것이기 때문이다. 2. 학대를 당한 종들을 위로하기 위해서다. 사지의 상실이 자유의 획득으로 이어지므로, 이것이 그들이 겪은 고통과 수치를 어느 정도 보상해 줄 것이다.

III. **하나님은 소들도 돌보시는가?** 그렇다. 이 장의 다음 율법들에서 그것이 분명히 나타난다. 이는 우리를 위한 것이다(고전 9:9-10). 이스라엘 백성은 다음과 같은 경우에 어떻게 해야 할지 지시를 받는다.

1. **소 또는 다른 짐승이 피해를 입힌 경우:** 이 율법은 모든 유사한 경우에 적용되도록 의도된 것이 분명하다.

(1) **사람의 생명에 대한 하나님의 관심의 표시:** 소가 남자, 여자, 아이를 죽이면 소를 돌로 쳐야 한다(28절). 하위 피조물의 가장 큰 영예는 사람을 섬기는 것이므로, 범죄자는 그 영예를 박탈당한다. 그 고기는 먹지 말아야 한다. 이처럼 하나님은 자신의 백성 마음속에 살인의 죄와 잔인한 모든 것에 대한 뿌리 깊은 혐오심을 유지시키려 하셨다.

(2) **피해를 예방하도록 사람들을 주의하게 하기 위해:** 짐승 주인이 그것이 사납다는 것을 알았다면 피해에 대해 책임을 져야 하며, 상황이 그를 얼마나 공모자로 만드느냐에 따라 사형이나 금전적 배상으로 목숨을 속죄해야 한다(29-32절). 옛 영국 법서들 중 일부는 이것을 보통법에 의한 중죄로 규정하며, 이런 이유를 든다: "주인이 짐승이 사납다는 것을 알면서도 자유롭게 돌아다니게 내버려 두었으니, 그것은 그가 피해가 일어나기를 매우 바랐음을 보여 준다." 우리 자신이 직접 피해를 입히지 않는 것만으로는 충분하지 않으며, 우리가 제어할 수 있는 사람이나 짐승으로 인해 피해가 발생하지 않도록 주의해야 한다.

2. **소나 다른 가축에 피해가 발생한 경우:**

(1) **가축이 구덩이에 빠져 죽으면,** 구덩이를 열어 놓은 자가 손실을 배상해야 한다(33-34절). 우리는 해로운 일을 하지 않는 것뿐 아니라 해로울 수 있는 일도 조심해야 한다. 피해를 계획하고 꾀하는 것이 큰 범죄이지만, 부주의와 적절한 주의의 부족으로 인한 피해도 결코 무책임하지 않으며, 피해의 정도에 따라 큰 후회로 반성해야 한다. 특히 우리가 이웃의 앞에 실족케 하는 것을 놓아두어 그들의 죄에 우리가 공모자가 되는 일이 없도록 주의해야 한다(롬 14:13).

(2) **가축끼리 싸워 하나가 죽으면,** 주인들이 손실을 균등하게 나눠야 한다(35절). 단, 피해를 입힌 짐승이 사나운 것으로 주인에게 알려진 경우에는 그 피해에 대해 답해야 하는데, 그것을 죽이거나 가두었어야 했기 때문이다(36절).

이러한 사건들에 대한 판결들은 그 자체로 공정성의 증거를 담고 있으며, 사람들 사이에서 발생하는 유사한 분쟁을 해결하는 데 지금도 사용되는 정의의 규칙들을 제공한다. 이 장에 명시된 사건들은, 다른 것보다 이것들이 지정된 것이 비록 일부는 사소해 보이더라도, 당시 모세 앞에 실제로 계류 중인 사건들이었기 때문이 아닌가 추측된다. 광야에서 그들이 빽빽하게 진을 치고 있었고 그 사이에 가축 떼가 있었으므로, 마지막에 언급된 것과 같은 피해들이 충분히 발생할 수 있었다.

이 율법들이 우리에게 가르치는 것은, 우리가 직접적으로든 간접적으로든 아무런 잘못도 하지 않도록 매우 조심해야 한다는 것이다. 그리고 잘못을 행했다면 기꺼이 배상하고, 아무도 우리로 인해 손해를 보지 않게 하려는 마음을 가져야 한다는 것이다.

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