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기업으로 받은 밭을 서원하는 경우, 가축의 맏배와 십일조, 온전히 바친 것(헤렘)에 대한 규례로 레위기가 마무리됩니다. 

[ 레위기 27:16 - 27:34 ] (찬송575장)

밭의 서원 

16만일 어떤 사람이 자기 기업된 밭 얼마를 성별하여 여호와께 드리려하면 마지기 수대로 네가 값을 정하되 보리 한 호멜지기에는 은 오십 세겔로 계산할지며 17만일 그가 그 밭을 희년부터 성별하여 드렸으면 그 값을 네가 정한 대로 할 것이요 18만일 그 밭을 희년 후에 성별하여 드렸으면 제사장이 다음 희년까지 남은 연수를 따라 그 값을 계산하고 정한 값에서 그 값에 상당하게 감할 것이며 19만일 밭을 성별하여 드린 자가 그것을 무르려면 네가 값을 정한 돈에 그 오분의 일을 더할지니 그리하면 그것이 자기 소유가 될 것이요 20만일 그가 그 밭을 무르지 아니하려거나 타인에게 팔았으면 다시는 무르지 못하고 21희년이 되어서 그 밭이 돌아오게 될 때에는 여호와께 바친 성물이 되어 영영히 드린 땅과 같이 제사장의 기업이 될 것이며 22만일 사람에게 샀고 자기 기업이 아닌 밭을 여호와께 성별하여 드렸으면 23너는 값을 정하고 제사장은 그를 위하여 희년까지 계산하고 그는 네가 값을 정한 돈을 그 날에 여호와께 드려 성물로 삼을지며 24그가 판 밭은 희년에 그 판 사람 곧 그 땅의 원주인에게로 되돌아갈지니라 25또 네가 정한 모든 값은 성소의 세겔로 하되 이십 게라를 한 세겔로 할지니라

 처음 난 것 

 26오직 가축 중의 처음 난 것은 여호와께 드릴 첫 것이라 소나 양은 여호와의 것이니 누구든지 그것으로는 성별하여 드리지 못할 것이며 27만일 부정한 짐승이면 네가 정한 값에 그 오분의 일을 더하여 무를 것이요 만일 무르지 아니하려면 네가 정한 값대로 팔지니라

 온전히 바쳐진 것 

 28어떤 사람이 자기 소유 중에서 오직 여호와께 온전히 바친 모든 것은 사람이든지 가축이든지 기업의 밭이든지 팔지도 못하고 무르지도 못하나니 바친 것은 다 여호와께 지극히 거룩함이며 29온전히 바쳐진 그 사람은 다시 무르지 못하나니 반드시 죽일지니라

 십일조 

 30그리고 그 땅의 십분의 일 곧 그 땅의 곡식이나 나무의 열매는 그 십분의 일은 여호와의 것이니 여호와의 성물이라 31또 만일 어떤 사람이 그의 십일조를 무르려면 그것에 오분의 일을 더할 것이요 32모든 소나 양의 십일조는 목자의 지팡이 아래로 통과하는 것의 열 번째의 것마다 여호와의 성물이 되리라 33그 우열을 가리거나 바꾸거나 하지 말라 바꾸면 둘 다 거룩하리니 무르지 못하리라

 맺는말 34이것은 여호와께서 시내 산에서 이스라엘 자손을 위하여 모세에게 명령하신 계명이니라

[ Leviticus 27:16 - 27:34 ]

16“If a man dedicates to the LORD part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.17 If he dedicates his field from the year of jubilee, the valuation shall stand,18 but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall calculate the price according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from the valuation.19 And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his.20 But if he does not wish to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore.21 But the field, when it is released in the jubilee, shall be a holy gift to the LORD, like a field that has been devoted. The priest shall be in possession of it.22 If he dedicates to the LORD a field that he has bought, which is not a part of his possession,23 then the priest shall calculate the amount of the valuation for it up to the year of jubilee, and the man shall give the valuation on that day as a holy gift to the LORD.24 In the year of jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom the land belongs as a possession.25 Every valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.26 “But a firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the LORD, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD’s.27 And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at the valuation, and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at the valuation.28 “But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the LORD, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD.29 No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.30 “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s; it is holy to the LORD.31 If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it.32 And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman’s staff, shall be holy to the LORD.33 One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”34 These are the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai. 

Who is God like?

Thinking & Understanding

Today’s passage deals with the giving of land as a vow. The Jubilee laws did not apply to lands that were received as an inheritance, but lands that had been bought had to be returned to their original owners in the year of the jubilee (vv. 17-25). The firstborns of animals were distinguished as God’s belongings. Animals that were given to God without being ransomed and lands that had been received as an inheritance could not be redeemed again because they had already been distinguished as ‘holy’ (vv. 26-29). A tenth of all the Israelites’ possessions were ‘holy things’ that needed to be offered to God (vv. 30-34). 

Who is God?

Vv. 26, 30 God made the people give the firstborn of their animals and a tenth of all their possessions as an offering. This was to show the people that all things belonged to God. The possessions we’ve received from God are gifts he has given us to manage our lives and he has entrusted it to us so that we may use a portion of it to help our neighbours. 

What lesson is God teaching me?

V. 33 We mustn’t be greedy and consider the things we give to the Lord a waste. God is not pleased by offerings that look like contributions given with undedicated hearts. With what kind of attitude are you contributing your material possessions, time and abilities? Would it please the Lord?  

Prayer

Lord, help me to abandon greed, which interferes with a holy life, and serve you with a pure heart.