How Math Proved the Bible's Authority...

[Humble_Disciple]

In Four of the five Books of Moses, every fiftieth letter spells out the word Torah. In the first two Books of Moses, Torah is spelled forwards, with every fiftieth letter. In the last two books of Moses, Torah is spelled backwards with every fiftieth letter.

In the Book of Leviticus, it's even more amazing, where every seventh letter spells out the name of God, YHWH. Just as Leviticus is located at the center of the Torah, every seventh letter in Leviticus reveals the Torah's true center, the ineffable name of God.

The first five books of the Bible (the books of Moses) are known as the Torah. In Hebrew the word Torah is represented by the consonants

. Hebrew is read right from left, so the letters

are equivalent to the English letters "TORH."

In the Hebrew text of the book of Genesis, if you take the first ("T"), then count 49 letters, the next letter (the 50th) is ("O"); the next 50th is ("R"); and then the next 50th is ("H"). In other words, after the first "T", in 50 letter increments, we find the letters spelling "Torah."

In the book of Exodus, we encounter the same result...

In the fourth book of the Torah, the book of Numbers, we discover this 49 letter interval works with "HROT," that is, TORH backwards. (See Figure 2)

A similar 49 letter interval also appears in the fifth book the Torah, the book of Deuteronomy. However, in the book of Deuteronomy the interval starts in the fifth verse instead of the first. Why the fifth verse? According to the Talmud the book of Deuteronomy doesn't begin until the fifth verse where it states "On the other side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound the Torah..."1

In the middle book, the book of Leviticus, it doesn't seem to work either way. But it does work for YHWH, the sacred name of God ("Yahweh" or "Jehovah," translated "LORD" in the King James Version), if you count in seven letter increments. (See Figure 3)
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According to mathematician Daniel Michaelson:

“The number 50 has several important meanings in Judaism. Every fiftieth year is a jubilee year; the Torah was given 50 days after the Exodus from Egypt, and there are 50 gates of wisdom.”4

Professor Michaelson continues:

“At this point, a skeptical reader would exclaim that the whole system is nothing but a coincidence… ‘I’m sure,’ this skeptic would continue, ‘you would be able to find such words and systems in any book.'”

In his article, Codes in the Torah, professor Michaelson addresses in detail the mathematical probability of these Torah codes and concludes that “the probability of such a coincidence is about one in three million!”
A Hidden Torah Secret - Berean Publishers

Daniel Michelson was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1949 to parents who survived the Holocaust. In 1971 he graduated in Mathematics from Moscow University and emigrated to Israel. From 1972-1980 he taught Mathematics at Tel Aviv University, studied toward a doctorate and served in the army. Upon completing his PhD thesis in Applied Mathematics in 1980, he did postdoctoral research at the University of California at Los Angeles. In 1983 he was awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and from the Igal Alon Foundation.
In the fall of 1983 Michelson returned to Israel and started to teach at the Hebrew University. There he learned about the codes in the Torah from his colleague and friend Dr. Eli Rips. This led him eventually, he says, "to do t'shuva". Later he became involved in researching the Torah codes and lecturing about them (particularly in Los Angeles and Berkeley, California). Currently, Michelson is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at UCLA and at the Hebrew University. He lives now in Har Nof, Jerusalem, with his wife and three sons.
[Information Update! Michelson now (Jewish Year 5762=2002) teaches at the Weizmann Institute of Rehovot).]
http://www.vilnagaon.org/book/torahcodes.pdf

 

[Toynbee]

Interesting.

Years ago I learned about the structure of Psalm 119, not the same as this here, but indicative of a certain "intentionality" about how some parts of the bible were written. E.g. in Ps 119, there are 22 sections, each labeled with, and then beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Many suggest the reason for such intentionality was as a memory aid, to help people remember the passages. I think this explanation is quite sound - for example, how God urged His people to "remember" with repeated stories, histories, phylacteries, traditions, etc. etc.

 

[GreekOrthodox]

Acrostics are fairly common for learning hymns. The Byzantine Sunday Vespers hymns use acrostics.

 

[Humble_Disciple]

Many suggest the reason for such intentionality was as a memory aid, to help people remember the passages. I think this explanation is quite sound - for example, how God urged His people to "remember" with repeated stories, histories, phylacteries, traditions, etc. etc.

What's interesting is that I don't think that a human author would have designed this.

In the first two books of Moses, Torah is spelled forwards, with every fiftieth letter. In the last two books of Moses, Torah is spelled backwards with every fiftieth letter. And in Leviticus, YHWH is spelled with every seventh letter.

It could be that Moses did this intentionally when he wrote the Torah, but I'd rather believe it was due to divine inspiration.

 

[Humble_Disciple]

I've hated math my entire life, so it amazes me that math has proved the Bible's authority.

 

[Chi.C]

In Four of the five Books of Moses, every fiftieth letter spells out the word Torah. In the first two Books of Moses, Torah is spelled forwards, with every fiftieth letter. In the last two books of Moses, Torah is spelled backwards with every fiftieth letter.

In the Book of Leviticus, it's even more amazing, where every seventh letter spells out the name of God, YHWH. Just as Leviticus is located at the center of the Torah, every seventh letter in Leviticus reveals the Torah's true center, the ineffable name of God.

Vladimir Panin, teacher of Einstein, wrote something on the Torah verses. Each line summed up to , was divisible to, was a product of a holy number.

See http://www.bibleetnombres.online.fr/panin.pdf.

Never could independently verify as hebrew is not my forte. But I would not be surprised if it were true.

 

[throughfiierytrial]

Interesting.

Years ago I learned about the structure of Psalm 119, not the same as this here, but indicative of a certain "intentionality" about how some parts of the bible were written. E.g. in Ps 119, there are 22 sections, each labeled with, and then beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Many suggest the reason for such intentionality was as a memory aid, to help people remember the passages. I think this explanation is quite sound - for example, how God urged His people to "remember" with repeated stories, histories, phylacteries, traditions, etc. etc.

I may be considered a miraculous phenomena though which would prove the inspiration of the texts.

 

[Daniel Marsh]

In Four of the five Books of Moses, every fiftieth letter spells out the word Torah. In the first two Books of Moses, Torah is spelled forwards, with every fiftieth letter. In the last two books of Moses, Torah is spelled backwards with every fiftieth letter.

In the Book of Leviticus, it's even more amazing, where every seventh letter spells out the name of God, YHWH. Just as Leviticus is located at the center of the Torah, every seventh letter in Leviticus reveals the Torah's true center, the ineffable name of God.

This has been refuted long ago. Some Problems With Bible Codes


This practice has also been used to prove the koran, book of mormon and occultic books, even War and Peace were inspired by God.

"The rabbi took the Hebrew word for “wood” and counted the letters backwards and forward 49 times in Deut. 4:28 and came up with the letters which he interpreted to mean “Yeshua,” i.e., Jesus. Thus Jesus was “the idol of wood!” He called this “the code of 49.”"
It's Time to End the Stupid about the End Times: Debunking Christian Numerology

 

[throughfiierytrial]

This has been refuted long ago. Some Problems With Bible Codes


This practice has also been used to prove the koran, book of mormon and occultic books, even War and Peace were inspired by God.

"The rabbi took the Hebrew word for “wood” and counted the letters backwards and forward 49 times in Deut. 4:28 and came up with the letters which he interpreted to mean “Yeshua,” i.e., Jesus. Thus Jesus was “the idol of wood!” He called this “the code of 49.”"
It's Time to End the Stupid about the End Times: Debunking Christian Numerology

This is probably true in my view, however, it is agreed that there are the Psalms in which each line begins with each consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.