레위기 13장

45. 나병환자는옷을찢고머리를풀며윗입술을가리고외치기를부정하다부정하다할것이요

“Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

46. 병있는날동안은늘부정할것이라그가부정한즉혼자살되진영밖에서살지니라

As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.

‘Unclean! Unclean!’(45)

나병환자와나병이란특정질병을부정한것으로정한구약의계명은현대사회를살아가는입장에선선뜻납득되지않는부분이긴하지만전염성이라든지치명적인병증과고통이수반된불치병이라고보았을때당시사회에서얼마나심각한병으로치부했을지알듯하다.

지금같은코시국에도엄청난발전을이룩한현대의학을총동원해도결국은사회적거리두기가가장효과적인예방책이되는것처럼나병으로인한펜데믹을막기위해선사회로부터격리시키는방법이어쩌면유일무이한대응책이었을지도모른다.

거리두기. 적어도우리의육신을갉아먹는것들로부터내몸을보호하는방법이거리두기인것처럼영적인존재인우리는거룩함을지키기위해거룩을방해하는것들로부터의거리두기실천이매우중요해보인다. 거룩을방해하는것은생각보다많으며생각보다내삶에가까이그리고깊이자리하고있다. 명확하게규정을정해지켜야했었던것처럼내자신과가정과커뮤니티를지키려면나역시도거룩을지키기위해실천항목을결정하고지켜나가야한다.