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FROM [Qx's color, bold emphases added]:

MATHEMATICALL EVIDENCE THAT THE TORAH HAS NOT CHANGED HERE: http://www.biblecodedigest.com/page.php/256

Not One Jot
or Tittle

Numbers are very symbolic in the Bible. Take seven for example. It represents God’s complete provision. There are seven days in a week, seven articles of furniture in the tabernacle, seven eyes on the stone in Zechariah 3:9 upon which God engraves an inscription, seven churches, golden lampstands and stars in Revelation 1-3, seven spirits (Rev. 4:5), seven seals (Rev. 5:1), seven angels with seven trumpets (Rev. 8), seven thunders (Rev. 10:4) and seven last plagues (Rev. 15).

In Kevin Acre’s draft article, Data Integrity Patterns of the Torah, he presents numerous intriguing types of evidence that the total number of letters in each of the books of the Torah are exactly what they originally were. This could be seen as support for the belief that the Torah has been copied virtually without error down through dozens of centuries until this very day. If such were the case, the integrity of Torah codes would stand on a much firmer basis than if there were known copying errors. Incidentally, Kevin is the developer of the popular code search program, Codefinder. He lives outside of Melbourne, Australia.

Given the importance of sevens, we should stand up and take notice when Kevin tells us that the total number of letters in the book of Genesis (78,064) is the same as

77,700 + (7*7*7) + (7+7+7).

That’s quite neat.

Now, three is another key number. There is the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and the unholy trinity of the world, the flesh and the devil. The trinity of blessing is grace, mercy and peace. Jesus spent three days and three nights in the heart of the earth between His crucifixion and resurrection, a parallel to the three days and three nights that Jonah spent in the belly of a whale (Matthew 12:39-40).

Notice that in the formula above there are three terms, each with three sevens in them. Impressive.

Kevin also notes that the gematria sum for the letters in the book of Deuteronomy is 3,777,010, a number including a three and three sevens. (Gematria is based on assigning a number to each letter in the Hebrew alphabet, with one through nine assigned to the first nine letters, respectively, ten through ninety to the next nine letters, and one hundred through four hundred to the remaining final four letters).

In the past BCD has avoided reference to gematria because there is more than enough to investigate regarding Bible codes, and there is a need for us to keep a tight focus. However, we made an exception in the case of Kevin’s article because it uses gematria to support a key assumption behind the purported validity of Bible codes.

Finally, twelve is also an important number in the Bible. There are the twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve spies who surveyed the Promised Land, the twelve stones in the breastplate of the high priest, the twelve disciples of Jesus, and the twelve gates to Jerusalem.

So, what if the number of letters in some other books in the Torah can be expressed as the result of the sums and/or products of threes, sevens and twelves? Kevin notes that 3*3*7*7*12*12 equals 63,504, which is quite close to the 63,529 letters in Exodus and the 63,532 letters in Numbers. He then observes that the number of letters in Exodus can be obtained by adding to 3*3*7*7*12*12 the sum of the digits in the number of letters in Genesis (7+8+0+6+4 = 25). Also quite neat.

But then he also notes that the number of letters in Numbers can be obtained by adding to 3*3*7*7*12*12 the sum of the digits in the number of letters in Deuteronomy (5 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 2= 28), if one includes two inverted Hebrew letters (Nun) in the letter count. Given this, the formulae for the total number of letters in Exodus and Numbers are mirror images of one another, reflected off the third book.

Acres notes that in the Sepher Yetzirah (Book of Creation), a text attributed by tradition to Abraham, three numbers are of key significance (3, 7 and 12), paralleling the structure of the Hebrew alphabet, which has 3 mothers (Alef, Mem and Shin), 7 doubles (Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Kaf, Peh, Resh and Tav) and 12 elementals.

Kevin also notes that three, seven and twelve are prominent in two formulae for a close approximation of pi:

(3+7+12)/7 = 3.142857,

and a close approximation of pi to the fourth power:

3*3*3*3 + {(12+7)/(3+7+12)}.

For many centuries Jewish scribes have painstakingly copied the Torah, believing that dire consequences would follow if any kind of copying error were made. This concern was based on the ancient belief that God dictated the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai letter-by-letter and that the entire history of the world, past, present and future are encoded in the Torah. Perhaps the words of Jesus relate to this: “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” (Matthew 5:18)

Checksums

Did God build in bits of evidence to demonstrate that the Torah was error-free? Kevin sees examples such as those cited in this review as candidates for such evidence. And his paper provides many other similar evidences, which may well be divine checksums. He illustrates what checksums are through several contemporary examples.

If you write a document and send it via e-mail, how do you know the message arrived at its destination uncorrupted by error? In the computer age, it is simple. You just need to create a checksum for the file you are sending. If the checksum of the received file does not match that of the sent file, then you know something has gone wrong.

What most people do not realize is that every packet of information sent via the internet has a checksum, the same as each and every sector on the hard drive of your PC. Checksums are those invisible attributes which monitor the integrity of nearly every operation you perform on your computer.

Checksums count the values of each character in a computer file so the file can later be checked to ensure that it conforms to its original checksum. Variances do exist in implementations but the purpose is the same. In the computer age, checksums are the unseen guardians of data integrity.

More than 3,500 years ago, the luxury of computers did not exist so what could you have done if you planned to write a document which had to be completely error free. Your only option was to use known mathematical markers in the hope that someone down the line would pick up on them and recognize them. You could perhaps use several different schemes concurrently just to prove without a doubt that the content was correct at a later date.

Closing Thoughts

The observant reader at this point should be wondering what elegant formula was found for the number of letters in Leviticus. Kevin presents this one:

1*(6^1) + 2*(6^2) + 3*(6^3) + 4*(6^4) +5*(6^5).

Although this one doesn’t focus on threes, sevens or twelves, it does represent a very neat progression of terms.

Kevin also found the following elegant formula for the number of letters in Exodus:

(5^1) + (6^2) + (7^3) + (8^4) + (9^5) = 63,529.

In this formula, both the base numbers and the exponents progress upward by one for each successive term.

Kudos to Kevin for introducing a whole new field of inquiry related to Bible codes. We have made his entire paper available on our site. Perhaps it will spur other BCD readers on to discover additional evidences that could be shared with everyone in some future BCD issue.

A fair amount of Kevin’s number research was conducted with the help of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences [HERE: http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/index.html

In further investigating this area, it would be intriguing to know whether or not similar evidences could be found for the number of letters in each book, plus or minus one, or two, or three, etc. A dearth of examples, after applying a comparable amount of research to Kevin’s, would be quite interesting.

Have been a fan of Gibson for some time and especially since THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. The following very long Code on him looks interesting. Any extra color emphaises--Qx. I love the tweak at Code critic McKay.

Professor McKay earned his stripes as a code critic in 1997 when he shot down Drosnin with his counter-example cluster of "codes" from a Hebrew translation of Tolstoi's War and Peace. Since then he has been comparatively silent as code researchers have presented a series of far more extensive and complex examples of clusters.

Where are McKay's new counter-examples? Could it have something to do with the fact that you really can't find such things in War and Peace or other non-Biblical texts? And could it be that McKay knows that you can't, so there is no point in searching for extensive, complex counter-examples?

Perhaps a more convenient strategy for the skeptic at this point is to raise questions about the quality of the Hebrew in long codes. While there is some validity to this concern, we believe it is basically a smoke screen. We have yet to see Brendan cite his credentials as a Hebrew expert.

Now the bar for Brendan has been raised a number of hefty notches. Moshe Shak has discovered a 146-letter-long ELS, exactly twice as long as the longest one discovered by BCD researchers (73 letters). Furthermore, Moshe discovered another ELS 109-letters-long, nested within the original code, but reading in the opposite direction. And, he also found a 44-letter-long ELS at double the skip of the original code, and a 44 letter (as well as a 27 letter) ELS at triple the skip. Each of these long ELSs are entirely contained within the original ELS.

While code researchers may quibble about the possible meanings of these new codes and their very controversial content, there is one message from these new findings that is unmistakeable: the capabilities of the real author of the Tanakh far exceed those of human beings.

Often the language in codes is figurative and symbolic, leaving open the possibility of interpreting their meaning in different ways. Quite naturally, Moshe has considered their possible meanings from an orthodox Jewish perspective.

We invite our readers to exercise their own judgment in considering Moshe’s interpretations as well as reasonable alternatives to the meanings of his translations into English. For example, where a translation is presented that portrays Mel Gibson unfavorably, is the context one of who he is today, or of who he was during the days of his personal crisis many years ago—which he acknowledged in an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer.

As another example, while parts of some of these codes may refer to The Passion, is it not possible that some of them may refer to some of Gibson’s other movies? Or that they might even not refer to Mel Gibson at all?

Moshe's belief is that codes only tell truth. Our position is that codes express a viewpoint, which could be that of God, Jews, Christians or even terrorists. The problem is that codes don't include quotation marks and they don't provide clear identification of who is speaking. See questions 5-7 of our 20 Questions article for more information. to consider both his position and ours in light of Moshe's code findings.

"In times of trouble through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued."

The Jewish people are in trouble due to anti-Semitism. They are being hotly pursed in numerous places around the world. Since the screening of "The Passion of the Christ," terror acts have taken place in Toronto and Montreal, where I live. Mass destruction of tombstones and a school is an escalation of terror. Does the above quotation have anything to do with the movie "The Passion of the Christ?" Who wrote that quotation? The connection is found in this article.

I have found two extremely long ELSs, one forward and one backward, in a single string of letters that begin in Isaiah and extend through to 2 Chronicles, the last book in the Tanach, or Hebrew Bible.

My search for a Mel Gibson ELS began with an ELS discovered by Roy Reinhold. Roy and other competent Bible code researchers take the code he discovered, with its skip of 3,806, as a compliment to Mel Gibson. They may not consider Gibson perfect, but believe that the code paints him in a favorable light. Half a picture is worse than no picture. (At one time I misinterpreted a semi-developed matrix because I did not see two letters! Only after more work was done, did I notice my mistake.)

Here is the ELS discovered by Roy Reinhold:

Behold, please, you will cut off/strike off 60; a colleague comes, Mel Gibson is a Bach of the people. And the curse of a mocker opens/unseals the heap of ruins; it will complete the line. And their anger, behold, of a people with Bach, he will take away. Drink. Only G-d can truly judge each and every one of us. However, I believe that the codes do not paint Gibson in a favorable light.

The Main Term

Is it conceivable that one can select 146 letters at a given Equidistant Letter Skip (ELS) other than 1 and get a message such as shown below? (Note that the words in the parentheses are not part of the message but that I understand to be there):

Remarkable as it may appear, such a message exists in the Bible as outlined below. It starts at Isaiah 62:5 (For as a young man espouseth a virgin, so shall thy sons espouse thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.) and ends at 2 Chronicles 7:9.

1. Skip=3,806 – Main skip 146 letters

The ones that made me, the mob, was blackened by me (one hundred are his Gods). The one who fixed outside ¹ Give (tell) it right! Please cut off 60! ² Comes ³ an honest, a whole hearted ⁴ person to Gibson: "Guilty one! ⁵ Are the Nation ⁶ and G-d a joke? Does a heap of ruins a place to permanently place water? No!" (That is) His line! It is their Anger! The story of creation ⁷ the guilty one will negate (refuse to accept)! He placed permanently, and he insulted from a record ⁸ . Ah, you are in a heap of ruins. It is a beautiful hotel that is a heap of ruins (that is Kosher). Hashem: "Mel is rotten." It has to be said ⁹ G-d is one ¹⁰ . My God! Hashem is the one that kills ¹¹ . He killed; or, another interpretation ¹² : "because Hashem is G-d."

1 The main action of sufferings of Jesus in "The Passion" is staged in the open.

2 According to Jewish law, 1 part of 60 does not contaminate the bulk. The implication here is that the whole is contaminated (all 60 parts).

3 The root of the word is Aramaic root form of meaning "to come" (Isaiah 21:12, Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:16). Mel Gibson comes across "The Passion," in Aramaic.

4 Job 1:1: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil." Bottom line: a "saint" is complaining, or a least a righteous person.

5 It is used as an acronym as found in the dictionary for (the owner of guilt – or the one that owes).

6 the nation refers to the Jewish nation as it is THE nation in the Bible.

7 the acronym is found in the dictionary to indicate the story of creation

8 from the movie that set a record.

9 acronym (in the dictionary) for the two word yesh lomar.

10 "One has to say that G-d is one." This is an obligation of the Jew, to say that three times a day, all year long.

11 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive (1Samuel 2:6)

12 (Perush Acher) as found in the dictionary.

146-Letter-Long Mel Gibson ELS Discovered Continued

The 146-letter term is in remarkably good Hebrew. The spelling, grammar, order of words, meaning and message are almost perfect for each of the seventeen "sentences" making up this term. One "weakness" of the term is that many of the words are biblical words that are not commonly used today in everyday conversation.

Another "weakness" is the use of letters to indicate numbers. On the other hand, the usage of letters to indicate numbers is widespread in books and to express commonly-known, special numbers. Finally, some abbreviations are used that not everyone is familiar with. On the other hand, the abbreviations used are recognized abbreviations and can be found in dictionaries such as "The New Dictionary," by Abraham Even Shoshan (Kiryath Sepher, Ltd., Jerusalem).

Here is another possible English paraphrase of the ELS:

The masses (who watch my movie) who made me (famous) were blackened/tainted by me (the person who listens to gossip is guilty as the one that tells the gossip). (Me/) He has other G-ds (such as money, fame, etc.). (Me/) He set up (the movie) outside/outdoors (where the crucifixion took place). Be honest (Mel) get rid of the impure (what is not correct). Comes an honest person to Mel Gibson and rebukes him: "You are guilty!" Is the (Jewish) nation and G-d a Joke? Can ruins hold water? No! (but) This is his line. It is their (those who portray the Jews in poor light) anger. The guilty one will refuse to accept the Bible story (refuse to accept that the Jews are not guilty). In his record-setting (movie) he insulted. Oh, you are in (moral?) ruins (Jews?). (Anyone) Kosher in ruins is beautiful. G-d tells Mel: "rotten." There is only one G-d (see above: "He has 100"). The G-d that kills―killed. Or, another interpretation―because G-d is G-d.

The Second Term Within the First

The above term on its own, is by leaps and bounds longer than any "long term" ever discovered. However, this is only the beginning of the story on this term. If we look at its letters in the opposite direction, we find another record-breaking term of 109 consecutive letters. The fascinating thing is that the second term also relates to Mel Gibson and his movie, and uses key words similar to the first term, relating to truth, refusing to accept (facts), having one hundred other "gods" (such as fame, fortune, etc.).

2. NEGATIVE Skip -3806 Parallel (opposite) skip 109 letters

* (Perush Acher) as found in the dictionary.

"Hashem! But the ruins of His anger you are." A plain person… "What? Hey, there is not one G-d. I have 100." Mel hurried a thorn that lived and therefore a thick forest died. Aha, a man from/of cheatings! (Established a thing a negative / stitched together / refused to accept) Booty, present, he loved. Where from? From a different interpretation! (Is/was it) a nail? A hundred? G-d – who died? (It is) a cement as a savior to the United Nations. Seventy (the Biblical referenced to the number of non-Jewish nations) owe. Well, will an old wise man cover (wrap up) the Tanach (Bible)? Come . . .

Other Terms

The story told by the term or two above continues. For the first time, we have a long term that becomes a matrix. The matrix that is 146 letters long contains more terms within those 146 letters. The significance of the terms is that they all tell the same story using similar key words.

3. Skip 7,612 (3806x2) – double skip 44 letters

For me the 60* is convenient. I was a suckling to the line (version)**. Here I will stir to detest / loathe / abhor. Deceive! Can you understand (that) G-d the supreme will hit? (This is) from the One G-d, to them. * According to Jewish law, 1 part of 60 does not contaminate the bulk. The implication here is that the whole is contaminated (all 60 parts). ** Since childhood he is brought up along this line, and as a baby he follows it.

4. Skip 11,418 (3806x3) – Triple skip, 44 letters

"To riches (he) comes as very excited / in heat. He* has clowns / cynics." (It is) My mouth**. "(Mel’s Clowns) entertained at (My) G-d’s (expense)." Who? )The) seventy (Non Jewish Biblical nations of the world) in that way. Mel is fear. "I am first!"

* Who is he? In Hebrew, in the term above, the he shares the letter lamed with the term Mel (Gibson). ** In Biblical terms: The mouth of G-d has spoken.

5. NEGATIVE skip -11,418 (3806x3) – Triple skip, 27 letters

A story that in his mother, the man of G-d. And the wicked person: "Let us cut out the 60 (true parts – leave in the wrong part); let us become (pretend that we are) naïve."

The five terms have many terms in common such as: Cynical, clowns; lying, insulting; pursuing his line - wrong line; seeking fortunes, believing in "other gods."

[TO BE CONTINUED IN SECTION 3. QX: MAY GOD'S TIMELESS MAJESTY BE EXALTED.]