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The Cities of the Levites. . 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth. The laws about the tithes and offerings had provided very plentifully for the maintenance of the Levites, but it was not to be thought, nor indeed was it for the public good, that when they came to Canaan they should all live about the tabernacle, as they had done in the wilderness, and therefore care must be taken to provide habitations for them, in which they might live comfortably and usefully. It is this which is here taken care of. I. Cities were allotted them, with their suburbs, Numbers 35:2 ; Numbers 35:2 . They were not to have any ground for tillage; they needed not to sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, for their heavenly Father fed them with the tithe of the increase of other people's labours, that they might the more closely attend to the study of the law, and might have more leisure to teach the people; for they were not fed thus easily that they might live in idleness, but that they might give themselves wholly to the business of their profession, and not be entangled in the affairs of this life. 1. Cities were allotted them, that they might live near together, and converse with one another about the law, to their mutual edification; and that in doubtful cases they might consult one another, and in all cases strengthen one another's hands. 2. These cities had suburbs annexed to them for their cattle ( Numbers 35:3 ; Numbers 35:3 ), a thousand cubits from the wall was allowed them for out-houses to keep their cattle in, and then two thousand more for fields to graze their cattle in, Numbers 35:4 ; Numbers 35:5 . Thus was care taken that they should not only live, but live plentifully, and have all desirable conveniences about them, that they might not be looked upon with contempt by their neighbours. II. These cities were to be assigned them out of the possessions of each tribe, Numbers 35:8 ; Numbers 35:8 . 1. That each tribe might thus make a grateful acknowledgment to God out of their real as well as out of their personal estates (for what was given to the Levites was accepted as given to the Lord) and thus their possessions were sanctified to them. 2. That each tribe might have the benefit of the Levites' dwelling among them, to teach them the good knowledge of the Lord; thus that light was diffused through all parts of the country, and none were left to sit in darkness, Deuteronomy 33:10 , They shall teach Jacob thy judgments. Jacob's curse on Levi's anger was, I will scatter them in Israel, Genesis 49:7 . But that curse was turned into a blessing, and the Levites, by being thus scattered, were put into a capacity of doing so much the more good. It is a great mercy to a country to be replenished in all parts with faithful ministers. III. The number allotted them was forty-eight in all, four out of each of the twelve tribes, one with another. Out of the united tribes of Simeon and Judah nine, out of Naphtali three, and four apiece out of the rest, as appears, Joshua 21:1-45 . Thus were they blessed with a good ministry, and that ministry with a comfortable maintenance, not only in tithes, but in glebe-lands. And, though the gospel is not so particular as the law was in this matter, yet it expressly provides that he that is taught in the word should communicate unto him that teaches in all good things, Galatians 6:6 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-9-34" class="com-number"

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레위 지파의 성읍들에 관한 율법이다. 성막 봉사를 위한 십일조와 헌물에 관한 율법이 레위인들을 위한 충분한 생계 수단을 마련해 주었으나, 그들이 가나안에 들어간 후에도 광야에서처럼 모두 성막 주위에 거주하는 것은 합당하지도 않고 공공의 유익에도 맞지 않는 일이었다. 따라서 그들이 편안하고 유익하게 거주할 수 있는 처소를 마련하는 일이 필요하였다.

첫째, 성읍이 배정되었다(민수기 35:2). 레위인들에게는 경작할 토지가 주어지지 않았다. 그들은 씨를 뿌리거나 거두거나 곳간에 저축할 필요가 없었으니, 하늘 아버지께서 다른 이들의 수고의 소산 중 십일조로 그들을 먹이셨기 때문이다. 이는 그들이 율법 연구에 더욱 전심할 수 있도록 하기 위함이었고, 또한 백성을 가르칠 여유를 더 많이 갖도록 하기 위함이었다. 그들이 이처럼 쉽게 먹고사는 것은 게으름을 위한 것이 아니라, 자신의 직분 일에 오로지 전념하고 세상 일에 얽매이지 않도록 하기 위함이었다.

1. 성읍이 배정된 것은 그들이 서로 가까이 모여 살며 율법에 관해 서로 대화하고 교화를 받게 하기 위함이었다. 또한 의심스러운 경우에 서로 상의하고, 모든 경우에 서로 힘을 북돋아 줄 수 있게 하기 위함이었다.

2. 이 성읍들에는 가축을 위한 교외 지역이 붙어 있었다(민수기 35:3). 성벽으로부터 천 규빗이 가축을 위한 외양간용으로 허용되었고, 그 밖으로 이천 규빗이 가축을 방목할 들판으로 주어졌다(민수기 35:4-5). 이처럼 그들이 살아가는 것뿐 아니라 풍족하게 살며 모든 바람직한 편의를 누릴 수 있도록 배려하였으니, 이웃들로부터 멸시받는 일이 없도록 하기 위함이었다.

둘째, 이 성읍들은 각 지파의 소유지에서 배정되어야 했다(민수기 35:8).

1. 이로써 각 지파가 토지 소유에서뿐 아니라 동산에서도 하나님께 감사의 고백을 드릴 수 있었다. 레위인들에게 주어진 것은 주님께 드린 것으로 여겨졌으므로, 그들의 소유는 그로 인해 거룩하게 되었다.

2. 각 지파가 레위인들이 자기들 가운데 거주하는 유익을 얻어, 주님의 선한 지식을 가르침 받을 수 있었다. 이로써 그 빛이 온 나라에 두루 퍼지게 되었고, 어떤 이도 어둠 속에 앉아 있지 않게 되었다. "그들은 야곱에게 주의 규례를 가르치리이다"(신명기 33:10). 레위에 대한 야곱의 저주는 "내가 그들을 이스라엘 중에 흩으리라"는 것이었다(창세기 49:7). 그러나 그 저주가 복으로 바뀌어, 레위인들은 이처럼 흩어짐으로써 훨씬 더 많은 선을 행할 수 있는 위치에 놓이게 되었다. 온 나라 방방곡곡에 신실한 사역자들이 충만한 것은 그 나라에게 큰 은혜이다.

셋째, 배정된 성읍의 수는 모두 마흔여덟 개였으니, 열두 지파 각각에서 평균 네 개씩이었다. 시므온과 유다 연합 지파에서 아홉 개, 납달리에서 세 개, 나머지는 각각 네 개씩이었으니 여호수아 21장에서 확인된다. 이로써 그들은 선한 사역으로 복을 받았고, 그 사역은 십일조뿐 아니라 토지를 통한 안락한 생계로 복을 받았다. 복음은 율법처럼 이 문제를 세세하게 규정하지는 않지만, 말씀을 가르침 받는 자는 가르치는 자와 모든 좋은 것을 함께 나누라고 명백히 규정한다(갈라디아서 6:6).

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N U M B E R S CHAP. XXXV. Orders having been given before for the dividing of the land of Canaan among the lay-tribes (as I may call them), care is here taken for a competent provision for the clergy, the tribe of Levi, which ministered in holy things. I. Forty-eight cities were to be assigned them, with their suburbs, some in every tribe, Numbers 35:1-8 . II. Six cities out of these were to be for cities of refuge, for any man that killed another unawares, Numbers 35:9-15 . In the law concerning these observe, 1. In what case sanctuary was not allowed, namely, that of wilful murder, Numbers 35:16-21 . 2. In what cases it was allowed, Numbers 35:22-24 . 3. What was the law concerning those that took shelter in these cities of refuge, Numbers 35:25-34 , &c. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-8" class="com-number"

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가나안 땅을 평신도 지파들에게 분배하라는 명령이 이미 주어진 상태에서, 이 장에서는 성소에서 봉사하는 성직자, 곧 레위 지파를 위한 적절한 공급에 관한 규정이 마련된다. 첫째, 레위인들에게는 각 지파로부터 교외 지역을 포함하여 마흔여덟 개의 성읍이 배정된다(민수기 35:1-8). 둘째, 그 가운데 여섯 성읍은 실수로 사람을 죽인 자를 위한 도피성으로 지정된다(민수기 35:9-15). 도피성에 관한 율법에서는 다음을 살펴본다. 1. 성역이 허용되지 않는 경우, 곧 고의적 살인(민수기 35:16-21). 2. 성역이 허용되는 경우(민수기 35:22-24). 3. 도피성에 피신한 자에 대한 율법(민수기 35:25-34).

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The Cities of Refuge. . 9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. 16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. We have here the orders given concerning the cities of refuge, fitly annexed to what goes before, because they were all Levites' cities. In this part of the constitution there is a great deal both of good law and pure gospel. I. Here is a great deal of good law, in the case of murder and manslaughter, a case of which the laws of all nations have taken particular cognizance. It is here enacted and provided, consonant to natural equity, 1. That wilful murder should be punished with death, and in that case no sanctuary should be allowed, no ransom taken, nor any commutation of the punishment accepted: The murderer shall surely be put to death, Numbers 35:16 ; Numbers 35:16 . It is supposed to be done of hatred ( Numbers 35:20 ; Numbers 35:20 ), or in enmity ( Numbers 35:21 ; Numbers 35:21 ), upon a sudden provocation (for our Saviour makes rash anger, as well as malice prepense, to be murder, Matthew 5:21 ; Matthew 5:22 ), whether the person be murdered with an instrument of iron ( Numbers 35:16 ; Numbers 35:16 ) or wood ( Numbers 35:18 ; Numbers 35:18 ), or with a stone thrown at him ( Numbers 35:17 ; Numbers 35:20 ); nay, if he smite him with his hand in enmity, and death ensue, it is murder ( Numbers 35:21 ; Numbers 35:21 ); and it was an ancient law, consonant to the law of nature, that whoso sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, Genesis 9:6 . Where wrong has been done restitution must be made; and, since the murderer cannot restore the life he has wrongfully taken away, his own must be exacted from him in lieu of it, not (as some have fancied) to satisfy the manes or ghost of the person slain, but to satisfy the law and the justice of a nation; and to be a warning to all others not to do likewise. It is here said, and it is well worthy the consideration of all princes and states, that blood defiles not only the conscience of the murderer, who is thereby proved not to have eternal life abiding in him ( 1 John 3:15 ), but also the land in which it is shed; so very offensive is it to God and all good men, and the worst of nuisances. And it is added that the land cannot be cleansed from the blood of the murdered, but by the blood of the murderer, Numbers 35:33 ; Numbers 35:33 . If murderers escape punishment from men, those that suffer them to escape will have a great deal to answer for, and God will nevertheless not suffer them to escape his righteous judgments. Upon the same principle it is provided that no satisfaction should be taken for the life of a murderer ( Numbers 35:31 ; Numbers 35:31 ): If a man would give all the substance of his house to the judges, to the country, or to the avenger of blood, to atone for his crime, it must utterly be contemned. The redemption of the life is so precious that it cannot be obtained by the multitude of riches ( Psalms 49:6-8 ), which perhaps may allude to this law. A rule of law comes in here (which is a rule of our law in cases of treason only) that no man shall be put to death upon the testimony of one witness, but it was necessary there should be two ( Numbers 35:30 ; Numbers 35:30 ); this law is settled in all capital cases, Deuteronomy 17:6 ; Deuteronomy 19:15 . And, lastly, not only the prosecution, but the execution, of the murderer, is committed to the next of kin, who, as he was to be the redeemer of his kinsman's estate if it were mortgaged, so he was to be the avenger of his blood if he were murdered ( Numbers 35:19 ; Numbers 35:19 ): The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer, if he be convicted by the notorious evidence of the fact, and he needed not to have recourse by a judicial process to the court of judgment. But if it were uncertain who the murderer was, and the proof doubtful, we cannot think that his bare suspicion, or surmise, would empower him to do that which the judges themselves could not do but upon the testimony of two witnesses. Only if the fact were plain then the next heir of the person slain might himself, in a just indignation, slay the murderer wherever he met him. Some think this must be understood to be after the lawful judgment of the magistrate, and so the Chaldee says, "He shall slay him, when he shall be condemned unto him by judgment; " but it should seem, by Numbers 35:24 ; Numbers 35:24 , that the judges interposed only in a doubtful case, and that if the person on whom he took vengeance was indeed the murderer, and a wilful murderer, the avenger was innocent ( Numbers 35:27 ; Numbers 35:27 ), only, if it proved otherwise, it was at his peril. Our law allows an appeal to be brought against a murderer by the widow, or next heir, of the person murdered, yea, though the murderer have been acquitted upon an indictment; and, if the murderer be found guilty upon that appeal, execution shall be awarded at the suit of the appellant, who may properly be called the avenger of blood. 2. But if the homicide was not voluntary, nor done designedly, if it was without enmity, or lying in wait ( Numbers 35:22 ; Numbers 35:22 ), not seeing the person or not seeking his harm ( Numbers 35:23 ; Numbers 35:23 ), which our law calls chance-medley, or homicide per infortunium--through misfortune, in this case there were cities of refuge appointed for the manslayer to flee to. By our law this incurs a forfeiture of goods, but a pardon is granted of course upon the special matter found. Concerning the cities of refuge the law was, (1.) That, if a man killed another, in these cities he was safe, and under the protection of the law, till he had his trial before the congregation, that is, before the judges in open court. If he neglected thus to surrender himself, it was at his peril; if the avenger of blood met him elsewhere, or overtook him loitering in his way to the city of refuge, and slew him, his blood was upon his own head, because he did not make use of the security which God had provided for him. (2.) If, upon trial, it were found to be willful murder, the city of refuge should no longer be a protection to him; it was already determined: Thou shalt take him from my altar, that he may die, Exodus 21:14 . (3.) But if it were found to be by error or accident, and that the stroke was given without any design upon the life of the person slain or any other, then the man-slayer should continue safe in the city of refuge, and the avenger of blood might not meddle with him, Numbers 35:25 ; Numbers 35:25 . There he was to remain in banishment from his own house and patrimony till the death of the high priest; and, if at any time he went out of that city or the suburbs of it, he put himself out of the protection of the law, and the avenger of blood, if he met him, might slay him, Numbers 35:26-28 ; Numbers 35:26-28 . Now, [1.] By the preservation of the life of the man-slayer God would teach us that men ought not to suffer for that which is rather their unhappiness than their crime, rather the act of Providence than their own act, for God delivered him into his hand, Exodus 21:13 . [2.] By the banishment of the man-slayer from his own city, and his confinement to the city of refuge, where he was in a manner a prisoner, God would teach us to conceive a dread and horror of the guilt of blood, and to be very careful of life, and always afraid lest by oversight or negligence we occasion the death of any. [3.] By the limiting of the time of the offender's banishment to the death of the high priest, an honour was put upon that sacred office. The high priest was to be looked upon as so great a blessing to his country that when he died their sorrow upon that occasion should swallow up all other resentments. The cities of refuge being all of them Levites' cities, and the high priest being the head of that tribe, and consequently having a peculiar dominion over these cites, those that were confined to them might properly be looked upon as his prisoners, and so his death must be their discharge; it was, as it were, at his suit that the delinquent was imprisoned, and therefore at his death it fell. Actio moritur cum persona--The suit expires with the party. Anisworth has another notion of it, That as the high priests, while they lived, by their service and sacrificing made atonement for sin, wherein they prefigured Christ's satisfaction, so, at their death, those were released that had been exiled for casual murder, which typified redemption in Israel. [4.] By the abandoning of the prisoner to the avenger of blood, in case he at any time went out of the limits of the city of refuge, they were taught to adhere to the methods which Infinite Wisdom prescribed for their security. It was for the honour of a remedial law that it should be so strictly observed. How can we expect to be saved if we neglect the salvation, which is indeed a great salvation! II. Here is a great deal of good gospel couched under the type and figure of the cities of refuge; and to them the apostle seems to allude when he speaks of our fleeing for refuge to the hope set before is ( Hebrews 6:18 ), and being found in Christ, Philippians 3:9 . We never read in the history of the Old Testament of any use made of these cities of refuge, any more than of other such institutions, which yet, no doubt, were made use of upon the occasions intended; only we read of those that, in dangerous cases, took hold of the horns of the altar ( 1 Kings 1:50 ; 1 Kings 2:28 ); for the altar, wherever that stood, was, as it were the capital city of refuge. But the law concerning these cities was designed both to raise and to encourage the expectations of those who looked for redemption in Israel, which should be to those who were convinced of sin, and in terror by reason of it, as the cities of refuge were to the man-slayer. Observe, 1. There were several cities of refuge, and they were so appointed in several parts of the country that the man-slayer, wherever he dwelt in the land of Israel, might in half a day reach one or other of them; so, though there is but one Christ appointed for our refuge, yet, wherever we are, he is a refuge at hand, a very present help, for the word is nigh us and Christ in the word. 2. The man-slayer was safe in any of these cities; so in Christ believers that flee to him, and rest in him, are protected from the wrath of God and the curse of the law. There is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus, Romans 8:1 . Who shall condemn those that are thus sheltered? 3. They were all Levites' cities; it was a kindness to the poor prisoner that though he might not go up to the place where the ark was, yet he was in the midst of Levites, who would teach him the good knowledge of the Lord, and instruct him how to improve the providence he was now under. It might also be expected that the Levites would comfort and encourage him, and bid him welcome; so it is the work of gospel ministers to bid poor sinners welcome to Christ, and to assist and counsel those that through grace are in him. 4. Even strangers and sojourners, though they were not native Israelites, might take the benefit of these cities of refuge, Numbers 35:15 ; Numbers 35:15 . So in Christ Jesus no difference in made between Greek and Jew; even the sons of the stranger that by faith flee to Christ shall be safe in him. 5. Even the suburbs or borders of the city were a sufficient security to the offender, Numbers 35:26 ; Numbers 35:27 . So there is virtue even in the hem of Christ's garment for the healing and saving of poor sinners. If we cannot reach to a full assurance, we may comfort ourselves in a good hope through grace. 6. The protection which the man-slayer found in the city of refuge was not owing to the strength of its walls, or gates, or bars, but purely to the divine appointment; so it is the word of the gospel that gives souls safety in Christ, for him hath God the Father sealed. 7. If the offender was ever caught struggling out of the borders of his city of refuge, or stealing home to his house again, he lost the benefit of his protection, and lay exposed to the avenger of blood; so those that are in Christ must abide in Christ, for it is at their peril if they forsake him and wander from him. Drawing back is to perdition. return to ' Top of Page ' Numbers Num 34 Numbers Num Numbers Num 36 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Numbers 35". 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도피성에 관한 율법이다. 도피성들이 모두 레위인의 성읍이었으므로 이 규정은 앞의 내용에 자연스럽게 이어진다. 이 법령에는 훌륭한 법률과 순수한 복음이 풍성하게 담겨 있다.

**첫째, 훌륭한 법률이 있으니**, 살인과 과실치사에 관한 사안으로서 모든 나라의 법이 특별히 주목해 온 문제이다. 자연적 공평성에 부합하여 다음과 같이 규정되어 있다.

1. 고의적 살인은 사형에 처해야 하며, 이 경우에는 어떠한 성역도 허용되지 않고, 몸값을 받거나 형벌의 대체를 수용해서는 안 된다. "살인자는 반드시 죽여야 한다"(민수기 35:16). 이는 증오심(민수기 35:20)이나 원한(민수기 35:21)에서, 또는 갑작스러운 도발에서 비롯된 것으로 간주된다. 구주께서는 무분별한 분노와 계획적 악의를 동일하게 살인으로 보셨기 때문이다(마태복음 5:21-22). 쇠 기구(민수기 35:16), 나무 기구(민수기 35:18), 던진 돌(민수기 35:17, 20) 등 어떤 것으로 살인했든지, 심지어 원한을 품고 손으로 때려 죽게 했어도 살인이다(민수기 35:21). "누구든지 사람의 피를 흘리면 사람이 그 피를 흘릴 것이니"라는 것은 자연법에 부합하는 오래된 율법이다(창세기 9:6).

잘못이 행해진 곳에는 배상이 이루어져야 한다. 살인자가 부당하게 빼앗은 생명을 돌려줄 수 없으므로, 그 생명을 대신하여 자신의 목숨이 요구된다. 이는 피살자의 영혼을 달래기 위한 것이 아니라, 율법과 국가의 정의를 만족시키고 다른 모든 이들에게 경고하기 위한 것이다. 이 본문에서 말하는 바는 모든 통치자와 국가들이 진지하게 고려할 가치가 있다. 피는 살인자의 양심을 더럽힐 뿐 아니라("영생이 그 안에 거하지 않음을 증명한다", 요한일서 3:15), 그것이 흘려진 땅도 더럽힌다. 그것은 하나님과 모든 선한 사람들에게 지극히 혐오스러운 것이며 최악의 해악이다. 그리고 살해된 자의 피로 땅이 더럽혀졌으면, 오직 그 피를 흘린 자의 피로만 정결해질 수 있다고 덧붙여진다(민수기 35:33).

살인자들이 인간의 처벌을 피한다면, 그들을 처벌받지 않게 내버려 둔 자들은 큰 책임을 져야 할 것이며, 하나님께서는 그들이 의로운 심판을 피하도록 내버려 두지 않으실 것이다. 같은 원칙에서, 살인자의 생명에 대해 어떠한 몸값도 받아서는 안 된다고 규정된다(민수기 35:31). 어떤 사람이 자신의 범죄를 속죄하기 위해 재판관이나 나라나 피의 보복자에게 모든 재산을 바친다 해도, 그것은 완전히 무시되어야 한다. "생명을 속량하는 것은 너무 귀하여 영원히 할 수 없다"(시편 49:6-8). 아마도 이것이 이 율법을 암시하는 것일 수 있다.

또한 한 가지 법률 원칙이 규정되어 있으니, 어떤 사람도 한 증인의 증언만으로 사형에 처해서는 안 되며 반드시 두 증인이 있어야 한다는 것이다(민수기 35:30). 이 율법은 신명기 17:6, 19:15에서 모든 사형 사건에 확립되어 있다. 마지막으로, 살인자에 대한 기소뿐 아니라 처형도 최근친에게 맡겨졌으니, 그가 친족의 토지가 저당 잡힌 경우 그것을 속량하는 자인 것처럼, 살인된 경우에는 피의 보복자가 되는 것이다(민수기 35:19). 만약 사실이 명백한 증거로 입증된다면 피의 보복자는 사법 재판을 거치지 않고도 살인자를 어디서 만나든지 직접 죽일 수 있었다.

그러나 사실이 불확실하고 증거가 의심스러운 경우에는, 단순한 의혹이나 추측만으로는 재판관들이 할 수 없는 일을 그에게 권한을 부여할 수 없다고 생각된다. 단지 사실이 명백할 때에 한하여, 살해된 자의 최근 상속인이 정당한 분노로 살인자를 어디서 만나든지 직접 죽일 수 있었다. 어떤 이들은 이것이 재판관의 합법적 판결 이후에 이해되어야 한다고 생각하며, 아람어 역본도 "그가 판결에 의해 그에게 넘겨질 때 죽이리라"고 한다. 그러나 민수기 35:24에 의하면 재판관들은 의심스러운 경우에만 개입했고, 그가 복수를 가한 자가 실제로 고의적 살인자라면 보복자는 무죄하다(민수기 35:27). 단 그렇지 않은 경우에는 그의 책임이 된다.

2. 그러나 살인이 고의적이지 않고 의도적으로 행해진 것이 아닌 경우, 곧 원한이나 매복 없이(민수기 35:22), 상대방을 보지 못하거나 해치려 하지 않았을 때(민수기 35:23), 우리 법이 과실치사라고 부르는 경우에는, 도망자를 위한 도피성이 지정되었다. 도피성에 관한 율법은 이러했다.

(1) 어떤 사람이 다른 사람을 죽인 경우, 이 성읍들에서 그는 안전하며 법의 보호를 받아 회중 앞에서, 곧 공개 법정에서 재판을 받을 때까지 보호를 받는다. 만약 이렇게 자수하는 것을 게을리하면 그것은 그의 위험이었다. 다른 곳에서, 또는 도피성으로 가는 길에서 꾸물거리다가 피의 보복자를 만나 죽임을 당하면, 그것은 그가 하나님이 자신을 위해 마련하신 보장을 사용하지 않았으므로 그의 책임이었다.

(2) 재판 결과 고의적 살인으로 밝혀진 경우, 도피성은 더 이상 그를 보호하지 않는다. 이미 결정된 것이 있으니, "그를 내 제단에서라도 이끌어내어 죽이라"는 것이다(출애굽기 21:14).

(3) 그러나 재판 결과 착오나 사고에 의한 것이고, 피살자나 다른 어떤 사람의 생명에 대한 의도 없이 그 타격이 가해진 것으로 밝혀지면, 과실치사자는 도피성에서 안전하게 지낼 수 있으며, 피의 보복자는 그를 해칠 수 없다(민수기 35:25). 그는 대제사장의 죽음까지 자신의 집과 토지로부터 추방되어 그 성읍에 머물러야 했다. 만약 어느 때든 그 성읍의 경계나 교외 밖으로 나가면, 그는 법의 보호 밖으로 스스로를 내몬 것이므로, 피의 보복자가 그를 만나면 죽일 수 있었다(민수기 35:26-28).

이제 다음을 살펴보자.

[1] 과실치사자의 생명을 보전함으로써, 하나님께서는 사람들이 자신의 범죄라기보다는 불행에 해당하고, 자신의 행위라기보다는 섭리의 행위에 해당하는 일로 고통받아서는 안 된다는 것을 가르치셨다. 하나님께서 그를 그의 손에 넘기셨기 때문이다(출애굽기 21:13).

[2] 과실치사자를 자신의 성읍에서 추방하여 도피성에 국한시킴으로써, 하나님께서는 우리에게 피 흘림의 죄에 대한 두려움과 경외심을 가지도록, 또한 생명을 매우 소중히 여기며 부주의나 태만으로 인해 다른 사람의 죽음을 초래하지 않도록 항상 조심하라고 가르치셨다.

[3] 범죄자의 추방 기간을 대제사장의 죽음으로 제한함으로써, 그 신성한 직분에 영예를 더하였다. 대제사장은 나라에 있어서 큰 복으로 여겨져야 했으므로, 그가 죽을 때 그로 인한 슬픔이 다른 모든 분노를 삼켜야 했다. 도피성들이 모두 레위인의 성읍이었고 대제사장이 그 지파의 수장으로서 이 성읍들에 대한 특별한 권한을 가지고 있었으므로, 그 안에 갇힌 자들은 말하자면 그의 죄수로 볼 수 있었다. 따라서 그의 죽음이 그들의 석방이 되어야 했다. 한 학자는 또 다른 견해를 제시한다. 대제사장들이 살아 있는 동안 제사와 희생을 통해 죄를 위한 속죄를 행함으로써 그리스도의 만족을 예표했듯이, 그들의 죽음에 과실치사로 추방되었던 자들이 석방되었으니, 이것이 이스라엘의 속량을 예표한다는 것이다.

[4] 범죄자가 도피성의 경계를 벗어난 경우 피의 보복자에게 버려짐으로써, 그들은 무한한 지혜가 자신들의 안전을 위해 정하신 방법들을 고수하도록 가르침을 받았다. 구제 율법이 엄격하게 준수되는 것은 그 명예를 위해 필요한 일이었다. 만약 우리가 그토록 큰 구원을 등한히 한다면 어떻게 구원받기를 기대할 수 있겠는가!

**둘째, 이 도피성의 유형과 형상 아래 복음의 진리가 풍성하게 담겨 있으니**, 사도는 우리가 앞에 놓인 소망을 향해 피한다고 말할 때(히브리서 6:18)와 그리스도 안에서 발견된다고 말할 때(빌립보서 3:9) 이것을 암시하는 것 같다. 구약 역사에서 이 도피성들이 사용된 것은 기록되지 않았으나, 의심할 여지 없이 의도된 경우에 사용되었다. 다만 위험한 상황에서 제단 뿔을 잡은 이들에 대한 기록만 있다(열왕기상 1:50; 2:28). 제단이 어디에 있든 그것이 말하자면 도피성의 수도였다. 그러나 이 도피성에 관한 율법은 이스라엘의 속량을 기다리는 자들의 기대를 일으키고 격려하도록 설계되었으니, 죄의 확신을 받고 두려움에 처한 자들에게 구원자가 과실치사자에게 도피성이 되었던 것처럼 피난처가 되는 것이다.

1. 도피성이 여럿이었고, 이스라엘 땅 곳곳에 배치되어 있어서 과실치사자가 어디에 살든 반나절이면 그 중 하나에 닿을 수 있었다. 이와 같이 우리의 피난처로 지정된 그리스도는 한 분이시지만, 우리가 어디에 있든 그분은 가까이 계신 피난처이시다. "말씀이 네게 가까이 있다"는 것이며, 말씀 안에 그리스도가 계신다.

2. 과실치사자는 이 도피성들 중 어느 곳에서나 안전했다. 이와 같이, 그리스도 안에서 그분께로 피하고 그분 안에서 쉬는 믿는 자들은 하나님의 진노와 율법의 저주로부터 보호를 받는다. "그리스도 예수 안에 있는 자에게는 결코 정죄함이 없습니다"(로마서 8:1). 이처럼 피난처 안에 있는 자들을 누가 정죄하겠는가?

3. 도피성들이 모두 레위인의 성읍이었다. 가난한 죄수에게 비록 법궤가 있는 곳으로 올라가지는 못하더라도 레위인들 가운데 있다는 것이 위로가 되었으니, 레위인들이 그에게 주님의 선한 지식을 가르치고 지금 처한 섭리를 어떻게 유익하게 삼을지 가르쳐 줄 것이었다. 또한 레위인들이 그를 위로하고 격려하며 환영해 줄 것도 기대할 수 있었다. 이와 같이 복음 사역자들의 일은 가난한 죄인들을 그리스도께 환영하며, 은혜로 그 안에 있는 자들을 돕고 권면하는 것이다.

4. 이방 사람과 나그네도 비록 이스라엘 태생이 아니라 해도 이 도피성의 유익을 받을 수 있었다(민수기 35:15). 이와 같이 그리스도 예수 안에서는 헬라인과 유대인의 차별이 없다. 믿음으로 그리스도께 피하는 이방 자손도 그분 안에서 안전할 것이다.

5. 성읍의 교외나 경계 지역도 범죄자에게 충분한 보호가 되었다(민수기 35:26-27). 이와 같이 가난한 죄인들의 치유와 구원을 위해 그리스도의 옷 가장자리에도 능력이 있다. 완전한 확신에 이르지 못하더라도 은혜를 통한 선한 소망 안에서 위안을 받을 수 있다.

6. 과실치사자가 도피성에서 얻은 보호는 성벽이나 문이나 빗장의 견고함 때문이 아니라 순전히 하나님의 임명 때문이었다. 이와 같이 복음의 말씀이 그리스도 안에서 영혼들을 안전하게 하니, 하나님 아버지께서 바로 그분에게 인치셨기 때문이다.

7. 만약 범죄자가 도피성의 경계 밖으로 나가다가 발각되거나 집으로 몰래 돌아가면, 그는 보호의 유익을 잃고 피의 보복자 앞에 노출된다. 이와 같이 그리스도 안에 있는 자들은 그리스도 안에 머물러야 하니, 그를 버리고 그에게서 떠나면 위험에 빠진다. 뒤로 물러가는 것은 멸망에 이르는 것이다.

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