210 staat niet in de Bijbel — Het komt van een beroemde rabbijnse berekening

210 does not appear in the Bible. It does appear in one of the most famous pieces of Jewish numerical interpretation, and that is worth explaining — because it shows exactly what gematria is and why it is not a biblical instruction. The problem the number solves Scripture gives two figures for how long Israel was in Egypt, and they do not obviously agree. Genesis 15:13 tells Abraham his descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and…