제비뽑기로 땅을 나눠갖다 여호수아 18장(8절~마지막)

유다 지파와 요셉 지파로 볼 수 있는 에브라임과 므낫세 지파는 제비 뽑기를 하지 않고 먼저 기업을 받은 지파들입니다. 당연히 다른 지파들은 조금 심드렁했을 것 같은데요. 세 번째로 벤야민 지파가 가진 땅들과 주요 설명 등에 관해 나옵니다. 흥미는 없지만 그냥 훑어보시길.

 

제비 뽑기나 해라

일단 결론부터 내리면 제비는 공정해 보여도 제비 뽑기 전의 세계는 이미 불평등하게 설계되어 있다는 겁니다.

 

 

여호수아 18장 1절에서 7절 먼저 읽고 다음 구절을 읽는 것이 더 흥미진진할 겁니다.

 

8 So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, "Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh." 9 So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at shiloh, 10 and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LOrd. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.

 

여호수아는 갈팡질팡하는 지파들에게 제비 뽑기를 시킵니다. 벤야민은 3번째 제비를 뽑아서 예루살렘 북쪽 지역, 여리고를 포함한 지역을 차지하게 됩니다. 

 

 

 제비 뽑기는 했지만

 

신의 개입, 혹은 누군가의 개입 없이 나름 공정하다고 판단되는 제비 뽑기를 하여 땅을 나눠 가졌는데요. 제비 뽑기는 분배의 기준이 되긴 했지만 삶의 완성이라고 보기는 어려워 보입니다. 

 

11. The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph. 12 On the morth side their boundary began at the Jordan. Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westwards, and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 13 From there the boundary passes along southwards in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz(that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon. 14 Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southwards from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal(that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side. 15 And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron, to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of HInnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downwards to Enprogel. 17 Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 and passing on to the north of the shouler of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabahh. 19 Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. 20 The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the people of BEnjamin, according, to their clans, boundary by boundary all round. 

 

 

 차지한 땅 리스트

21 Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, 22 Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Gebatwelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, Ramah,  Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus(that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath jearim-fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.

 

벤야민이 예루살렘 북쪽 지역을 차지했다면 스블론 지파는 이스라엘 골짜기 주변, 그리고 잇사갈은 요단 서편 고지대, 아셀은 지중해 북부 해안 지역, 납달리는 갈릴리 북쪽, 단 지파는 지중해 남쪽 해안 지역 등을 차지하는데 이는 19장에 이어서 서술됩니다. 

 

아무튼, 이런 지루한 성경을, 특히 신학자들은 이런 땅 나눠먹기 조차 엄청 열심히 공부한다고 하는데요. 그 심오한 뜻을 통찰하기 위해서라나요? 그런데 어차피 제비 뽑기로 땅을 나눠 가진 건데 무슨 고찰이 필요한 걸까요? 이런 것만 봐도 성경은 신이 쓴 책이 아닌 인간이 신을 말한 책이란 걸 여실히 알 수 있습니다.