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210年并不在圣经中——它来自著名的拉比计算



  • 210并没有出现在圣经中。它源于犹太传统中对以色列人在埃及停留时间的计算。
  • 创世记15:13给出了四百年,出埃及记12:40给出了430年,而家谱却很短——四个世纪仅有四代人。
  • 传统的解决方法是将以色列人在埃及的时间仅计为210年,并锚定在单词 减少, 上,即创世记42:2中的“下去”,其字母总和为210。拉希(Rashi)对此有记载。
  • 这就是吉马特里亚(gematria):一种地道的拉比实践和一种文字游戏,但并非圣经给出的指示。圣经从未告诉读者去计算字母的总和。
  • 唯一的例外是显而易见的——启示录13:18必须说明意在进行计算,否则读者无从知晓。

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…

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