Numbers 19

1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:

2“This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.

흠이 없고 멍에를 매지 않은 붉은 암송아지는 예수그리스도를 예표합니다. 

The red heifer without blemish and that has never been yoked symbolizes Jesus Christ.

3Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

4Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.

5While he watches, the heifer is to be burned—its hide, flesh, blood and intestines.

6The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

7After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening.

8The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.

9“A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin.

10The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening. This will be a lasting ordinance both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.

하나님은 ‘예수님’을 진영밖, 골고다언덕에서 우리를 위하여 대속의 길로 가게 하시고, 예수님의 물과 피로 만든 ‘정결해 지는 재’를 우슬초로 우리에게 매순간 뿌릴 수 있도록 하셔서 ‘회개의 은혜’를 누릴 수 있도록 하셨습니다.

God ordained that Jesus Christ walk the path of atonement for us by suffering outside the camp, on Golgotha Hill. Through His water and blood, He provided the "ashes of purification," which, like the ritual use of hyssop in the Old Testament, can be sprinkled upon us at every moment, allowing us to experience the grace of repentance.