Bible Numbers 2.0

God’s Proclamation In English

The previous experiment successfully produced a Chinese version of God’s Proclamation (Exodus 34:6-7) with orderly numeric features following the description in Revelation 1:8. If Chinese, then why not English? English is an international language reaching most of the world. Would it not be more appropriate if The Proclamation in English had numeric features like the Chinese so God’s message would reach further and be understood by more people?¹

This experiment is set up like the previous one. Exodus 34:6-7 is first broken into smaller sections. Each part is given various word options. A computer runs through all the possible combinations checking for numeric features. Only combinations with twelve or more orderly features are retained.

Hypothesis

If an English combination can be produced with numeric features way beyond what the odds predict, this would strengthen the previous conclusion that Exodus 34:6-7 is from God. If the number of features is only what the odds would suggest, this would weaken the original conclusion.

Most of the word choices for this experiment come from actual English Bible translations. Only a few additional words have been added to improve flow, or to introduce an idea the author feels would be closer to the Hebrew.

proclaim|the-LORD-the-LORD the-LORD-God-the-LORD-God Jehovah-Jehovah Yahweh-Yahweh|is-a a|God-merciful-and-gracious merciful-and-gracious-God|slow-to-anger-and-abounding slow-to-angers-and-abounding slow-of-anger-and-abounding slow-of-angers-and-abounding angers-slowly-and-abounding|in-steadfast-love-and-faithfulness of-steadfast-love-and-faithfulness love-and-faithfulness|keeping maintaining|steadfast-love-for-thousands- love-for-thousands steadfast-love-to-thousands love-to-thousands|forgiving and-forgiving taking-away pardoning clearing absolving|iniquity wickedness imperfection failure error|and-transgression-and-sin and-rebellion-and-sin|but-who-will-by-no-means-clear-the-guilty but-who-will-not-clear-the-guilty but-who-will-not-leave-the-guilty-unpunished but-who-will-not-leave-unpunished-the-guilty yet-by-no-means-clearing-the-guilty yet-not-clearing-the-guilty and-that-will-by-no-means-clear-the-guilty Yet-he-does-not-leave-the-guilty-unpunished and-not-entirely-acquitting-the-guilty and-not-sweeping-the-guilty-clean-away but-by-no-means-will-he-give-exemption-from-punishment|visiting-the-iniquity-of-the-father but-visiting-the-iniquity-of-the-father visiting-the-failure-of-the-father testing-the-failure-of-the-father testing-the-iniquity-of-the-father trying-the-fathers-iniquity trying-the-fathers-failure trying-the-fathers-imperfection|upon on|the-children-the-childrens-children-to-the-third-and-the-fourth-generation the-children-the-grandchildren-to-the-third-and-fourth-generation

The computer selected options from each section to generate complete phrases. There were 40,550,400 combinations. Only one had at least fourteen numeric features. And as it turned out, the phrase had way more than the 14 features the computer was programmed to look for.

Proclaim: the Lord GOD, the Lord GOD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, maintaining love for thousands and forgiving failure and transgression and sin, but who will not leave unpunished the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the father upon the children, the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.

The computer generated phrase is similar to the RSV, but has 15 differences.

• A.The RSV had 61 words. Sixty-one is a prime number without any factors other than one. This makes it impossible to have structured numeric features. The generated phrase has 60 words (2 x 2 x 3 x 5), and this make structured numeric features possible.

• B.The Hebrew and RSV both have the passage beginning with And he proclaimed–. In the Chinese, when the passage is considered by itself following the numerics for the Hebrew, the context is lost and 宣告說 becomes proclaim, speak without and he. This can be done with the English as well. Changing the original from God proclaiming these words to a command for people is not a translation, but a radical interpretation based on three reasons.

  1) As mentioned previously, it won't be much of a proclamation if the audience is just Moses. Moses recorded the incident and transmitted it to Israel. This has been handed down through history to our Bible today. In essence, these words continue to be proclaimed.

  2) Jesus said what we hear whispered should be proclaimed from the rooftops (Matthew 10:27).

  3) How are people to know God without His character being proclaimed? And what better verse is there to be transmitted than words God Himself spoke?

  (***Note: If the opening and he proclaimed is retained for the English, the computer finds this phrase:

  And he proclaimed, Yahweh Yahweh a God merciful and gracious slow of angers and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, forgiving imperfection, and transgression, and sin, but by no means will he give exemption from punishment, but visiting the iniquity of the father upon the children, the grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

  The phrase starts out well, and has a high number of orderly numeric features, but the ending is poorer with but by no means—, followed by another but visiting—. It doesn't flow as smoothly. The phrase also makes it seem as if God punishes the descendants because of the father.)

• C.The computer had four choices available to translate the Hebrew יהוה: the LORD, the LORD God, Jehovah, and Yahweh. For the numbers to work, the LORD God was the only choice. Like the Chinese term 上帝 for God, the definite article, LORD and God combine to give a better sense of sovereignty, deity and supremacy. The numbers selected the better choice.

• G.Maintaining gives a slightly better sense of God directing His love towards us.

• H.Faithfulness was previously duplicated as steadfast in part F. Here, the numbers eliminated steadfast and followed the actual Hebrew.

• I.In this computer generated phrase, the Hebrew word עָוֹ֛ן which is usually translated as iniquity is translated as two separate English words: failure, and iniquity (section L). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance gives this definition for עָוֹ֛ן:

  H5771 From H5753; perversity, that is, (moral) evil: - fault, iniquity, mischief, punishment (of iniquity), sin.

  I included failure in the word choices because it goes with Strong's fault. I also included it because it is different from transgression, which is deliberate, and different from sin, which is the offense itself. Iniquity/failure need not be deliberate, but rather is a perverse result of human action (i.e. it is human to make mistakes). We are imperfect, and failure describes our condition.

  Failure need not be wicked or evil. It's just not the best. God forgives this too.

  Our failures are visited (tested) on/in our children. What we fail in doing is what our children will struggle with. This makes a lot more sense than God punishing the next generation for what the previous generation did (Deuteronomy 24:16). Thankfully, God limits this only to the third or fourth generation. Our great great grandchildren will not be haunted by our faults.

• K.The Hebrew words וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה appear in 33 verses. In most of these verses, the expression has been translated as not clearing the guilty, punishing those not punished, or not leaving unpunished.

• L.The Hebrew word אָב֗וֹת (fathers) is plural, and is reflected in Bible translation. The computer generated phrase changes one letter, from fathers plural to father singular making everything much more personal. Technically, this would be a mistranslation. However, in keeping with Deuteronomy 24:16, it makes more sense that the child is only tested for his own father's failings rather than his father's generation's failings.

• M.The original Hebrew does have children and children's children but the numeric version simplifies by dropping and. This is possible in English because punctuation makes and not necessary: children, children's children.

Numeric Conversion

1                       2        3             4        5
134                     87       74            10       87
1   2   3  4   5  6     7   8    9   10  11    12 13    14  15
40- 60- 3- 10- 1- 20    80- 7    10- 60- 4     6- 4     80- 7
Proclaim                the      Lord          GOD      the

6             7        8     9        10                  11
74            10       1     10       98                  35
16  17  18    19 20    21    22 23    24  25  26 27 28    29 30  31
10- 60- 4     6- 4     1     6- 4     20- 60- 3- 5- 10    1- 30- 4
Lord          GOD      a     god      merciful            and

12                  13             14    15              16
140                 180            80    97              35
32  33  34 35 36    37  38  39     40    41 42  43 44    45 46  47
6-  60- 1- 3- 70    70- 10- 100    80    1- 30- 6- 60    1- 30- 4
gracious            slow           to    anger           and

17                     18    19                            20
73                     30    311                           100
48 49 50  51 52  53    54    55  56  57 58 59 60 61  62    63  64
1- 2- 30- 4- 30- 6     30    70- 80- 1- 4- 5- 1- 70- 80    10- 90
abounding              in    steadfast                     love

21          22                            23
35          278                           198
65 66 67    68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76    77  78 79  80  81 82  83  84
1- 30-4     5- 1- 80-7- 5- 10-30-70-70    20- 1- 30- 80- 1- 30- 30- 6
and         faithfulness                  maintaining

24      25     26                     27        28
100     65     262                    35        197
85 86   87 88  89 90 91 92 93 94 95   96 97 98  99 100 101 102 103 104
10-90   5- 60  80-7- 70-1- 30-4- 70   1- 30-4   5- 60- 6-  90- 30- 6
love    for    thousands              and       forgiving

29                30           31
76                35           477
105 106 107 108   109 110 111  112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121
5-  1-  10- 60    1-  30- 4    80- 60- 1-  30- 70- 6-  60- 70- 70- 30
failure           and          transgression

32             33         34         35          36
35             100        82         107         120
122 123 124    125 126    127 128    129  130    131  132 133
1-  30- 4      70- 30     2-  80     100- 7      100- 10- 10
and            sin        but        who         will

37         38             39                         40
110        101            181                        87
134 135    136 137 138    139 140 141 142 143 144    145 146
30- 80     10- 1-  90     30- 40- 30- 70- 7-  4      80- 7
not        leave          unpunished                 the

41                 42                     43         44
396                276                    87         460
147 148 149 150    151 152 153 154 155    156 157    158 159 160 161
6-  10- 80- 300    90- 70- 80- 30- 6      80- 7      30- 50- 80- 300
guilty             visiting               the        iniquity

45   46      47                 48      49       50
5    87      153                70      87       114
162  163 64  165 166 167 68 69  170 71  172 173  174 175 176 77 78 179
5    80- 7   5-  1-  80- 7- 60  40- 30  80- 7    3-  7-  10- 4- 60-30
of   the     father             upon    the      children

51         52                             53
87         184                            114
180 181    182 183 184 185 186 187 188    189 190 191 192 193 194
80- 7      3-  7-  10- 4-  60- 30- 70     3-  7-  10- 4-  60- 30
the        children's                     children

54   55       56               57           58         59
80   87       151              35           87         152
195  196 197  198 199 200 201  202 203 204  205 206    207 208 209 210
80   80- 7    80- 7-  60- 4    1-  30- 4    80- 7      5-  60- 80- 7
to   the      third            and          the        fourth

60
207
211 212 213 214 215 216
6-  30- 60- 1-  80- 30
generation.

Numeric Coincidences

Words
Odd positioned words: 3598 = 2 x 7 x 257. 
		SF: 266 = 2 x 7 x 19. SF: 28 = 22 x 7.
Even positioned words: 3668 = 22 x 7 x 131.
Total of odd valued word sums in odd word positions:
		2044 = 22 x 7 x 73. SF: 84 = 22 x 3 x 7. 
		SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
Odd positioned segments of 3: 3598 = 2 x 7 x 257. 
		SF: 266 = 2 x 7 x 19. SF: 28 = 22 x 7.
Even positioned segments of 3: 3668 = 22 x 7 x 131.
Odd positioned segments of 4: 4242 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 101.
		First and last 5 segments of 4: 4585 = 5 x 7 x 131.
		First 5 segments of 4: 1666 = 2 x 7 x 7 x 17.
		Middle 5 segments of 4: 2681 = 7 x 383.
		Last 5 segments of 4: 2919 = 3 x 7 x 139.
Even positioned segments of 4: 3024 = 24 x 33 x 7.
Odd positioned segments of 20: 4585 = 5 x 7 x 131. 
		SF: 143 = 11 x 13.
		First segment of 20: 1666 = 2 x 7 x 7 x 17.
		Third segment of 20: 2919 = 3 x 7 x 139.
Even positioned segments of 20: 2681 = 7 x 383. 
		SF: 390 = 2 x 3 x 5 x 13.
Odd positioned segments of 30 (first half): 2947 = 7 x 421.
Even positioned segments of 30 (last half): 4319 = 7 x 617. 
		SF: 624 = 24 x 3 x 13.
Divine name applied 3 times to count through the words: 
		1652 = 22 x 7 x 59. SF: 70 = 2 x 5 x 7. 
		SF: 14 = 2 x 7.

Letters
Odd positioned letters: 3451 = 7 x 17 x 29.
Even positioned letters: 3815 = 5 x 7 x 109.
The first and last letters of each word: 4305 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 41. 
		SF: 56 = 23 x 7. SF: 13.
The first letter of each word: 2002 = 2 x 7 x 11 x 13.
The last letter of each word: 2303 = 72 x 47.
Letters that are not first OR last in a word: 3157 = 7 x 11 x 41.
Odd valued letters: 224 = 25 x 7.
Even valued letters: 7042 = 2 x 7 x 503.
Odd positioned segments of 2: 3654 = 2 x 32 x 7 x 29.
Even positioned segments of 2: 3612 = 22 x 3 x 7 x 43.
Odd positioned segments of 3: 3367 = 7 x 13 x 37.
Even positioned segments of 3: 3899 = 7 x 557.
Odd positioned segments of 4: 3528 = 23 x 32 x 72. 
		SF: 26 = 2 x 13.
Even positioned segments of 4: 3738 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 89.
Odd positioned segments of 108 (first half): 
		2912 = 25 x 7 x 13.
Even positioned segments of 108 (last half):  4354 = 2 x 7 x 311.
Odd valued letters: 224 = 25 x 7.
Even valued letters: 7042 = 2 x 7 x 503.
Letters 1, 3, 4, 40, and 80 appear in various words. The sum of 
		the words where these letters appear is divisible by 7.
		1 3 4 40 80 = 128 = 27).
The sum of the letter positions for letters 3, and 4 are divisible by 7. 
		3 + 4 = 7.
34 letters are divisible by 7. The sum of these letters: 
		1183 = 7 x 132.

Conclusion

There are at least 30 numeric features here! The odds of one out of 40,550,400 having this many orderly features is a one in five hundred quadrillion chance!!

Like The Proclamation in Chinese many features are paired and balanced. But the English version goes even further. Following the description in Revelation 1:8 and similar to the Hebrew, the first and last letters of each word together are divisible by 7. Individually they are divisible by seven as well. There are two levels of features: words and letters. Features in the words are mirrored in the letters themselves. The structure and organization is unlike anything yet seen!

It was highly improbable that anything like this could have been found. But what is impossible, or improbable for people, is no difficulty for God (Matthew 19:26).

Three languages, Hebrew, Chinese and English now display numeric features for The Proclamation. This clearly highlights the importance of Exodus 34:6-7. God wants the entire world to know who He is.

There remains one further step to take. The above experiment still relies mainly on English translations. There are some phrases which do not coincide with the actual Hebrew. What would happen if an English translation was undertaken that tried following the Hebrew more closely? (Another Attempt)

Notes

1. This is not the first time I've tried doing this. Over the past twenty years, I've experimented on and off trying to reduplicate something like the Hebrew in English by substituting synonyms in place of various English words. I failed each time because the mathematical odds are against any easy solution being found.

   Late in 2019 I finally programmed a computer to help. I took English versions of Exodus 34:6-7 from the KJV, RSV, NRSV, NIV, NEB, YLT, and NWT and had the computer run up to 4 million combinations of the phrases. It failed to find anything.

   In the second trial I gave up using previously translated phrases and went back to the Hebrew, selecting English words for each Hebrew word and constructing short basic phrases. The number of combinations quickly ballooned. In order to have the program finish within one day, some word choices had to be pared. The program generated 40,550,400 combinations, and succeeded in finding one possibility.

Numeric Study Links

• Home
• Preface & Dedication
• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: God Describes Himself With Words & Numbers
  • The Hypothesis
  • Selecting The Verses
  • Formulating Rules
  • Applying The Rules To Exodus 34:6-7
    (The Proclamation)
  • The Proclamation's Complexity
  • Odd & Even
    (Complementary Opposites)
  • Combining Rules

  • The Structural Miracle I
    (Features from inside the verse.)
  • The Structural Miracle II
  • The Structural Miracle III
    (Features from the Bible outside the verse.)
  • The Structural Miracle IV
    (Features near the verse.)
  • The Proclamation & Revelation 1:8
  • The Divine Name & Signature
  • What It Means To Us
    (The first two commandments.)
• Part 3: A Bible Numbers Experiment
  (Eliminating randomness.)
• Part 4: Computer Searches
  • Short Computer Searches
    Quest For God’s Signature

    • Old Testament Verses
      • Exodus 17:16 War With Those Against God
      • Joshua 24:24 The Proper Response
      • 1 Kings 8:2-9 Solomon's Temple
      • 2 Kings 24:8 Kingship Rescinded
      • Psalm 89:8-12 Praising God
      • Isaiah 2:19-3:2 End Times
      
      
    • New Testament Verses (GNT)
      • Matthew 13:52-58
        Response (to teaching)
      • Philippians 2:14-15
        Advice For Service
      • Luke 1:31-36
        Divine Announcement Of Jesus' Birth
      • John 8:19-20
        Knowing God
      • Romans 2:13-16
        Doers Of The Law
      • Galatians 5:13-14
        The Second Great Commandment

      • 2 Timothy 2:22-3:2
        An Evil End Time Generation
      • Revelation 3:14-17
        The Church At The End Times
      • Revelation 4:8-10
        Heaven Praises God
      • Revelation 7:9-11
        The Great Multitude
      • Revelation 12:1-6
        The Woman And The Dragon
      • Revelation 19:12-14
        King Of Kings, Lord Of Lords
      
      
    • New Testament Verses (GNS)
      • Matthew 9:3-8
        The Son Of Man's Authority For Forgiving Sin.
      • Matthew 11:4-6
        Jesus' Ministry.
      • Matthew 18:21-22
        Forgive Your Brethren
      • Matthew 21:18-21
        Faith & Miracles
      • Mark 2:6-13
        Confirmation Of The Authority To Forgive (GNT)
      • Mark 2:8-10
        Authority To Forgive Sins. (See also the verse above.)
      • Mark 3:24-29
        Blaspheming The Holy Spirit (Unforgivable Sin).
      • Mark 13:8-11
        What To Say Before Persecutors.
      • Mark 14:48-49
        Man Made Religion Kills.
      • Mark 16:1-2
        The Women Visit Jesus' Tomb.
      • Mark 16:2-14
        The Resurrection Of Jesus.
      • Luke 7:46-50
        Why Jesus & God Forgive
      • Luke 9:38-43
        Perverse Generation.

      • Luke 9:43-46
        Man Made Religion Blinds.
      • Luke 10:16-19
        Jesus Gives Authority To His Disciples.
      • Luke 14:12-13
        Invite Those Who Can't Repay.
      • Luke 17:23-27
        The "Presence" Of The Son Of Man.
      • Luke 21:8-10
        Signs Of The End.
      • John 11:53-54
        Man Made Religion Seeks Death.
      • Acts 2:45-3:1
        Voluntary Sharing.
      • Acts 13:32-34
        Prophecy Fulfilled In The Gospel.
      • Romans 9:33-10:4
        Jesus The Stumbling Block For Israel.
      • 1John 1:7-9
        Jesus Is Faithful To Forgive
      • Hebrews 12:11-17
        The Closing Door.
      • Revelation 20:14-21:5
        New Heaven & Earth.
  • Long Computer Searches
    Widening The Search For God’s Signature

    Extended Old Testament Passages

    • The Story Of Abraham
    • The Story Of Jacob
    • The Exodus
    • The Journey From Darkness To Light
    • The Conquest Of Canaan
    • God, The Master Of Time

    Extended New Testament Passages (GNT)

    • John 1:1-37a
    • Matthew chapters 5:1 to 9:17b
    • Confirmation Of Jesus' Life, Teachings & Ministry
• Part 5: Taking It All Further
  • Moving Beyond The Bible
    (English in numbers.)
  • The Founding Of Modern Israel
  • We Hold These Truths...
    (A piece from the American Declaration Of Independence.)
  • Comparing Other Texts
• Part 6: Chinese Numbers
  • The Proclamation (Chinese)
    出 埃 及 34:6-7
  • Genesis 1:1
    創 世 記 1:1
  • John 1:1
    約 翰 福 音 1:1
  • Revelation 1:8
    啟 示 錄 1:8
  • Revelation 22:13 & 21:6
    啟 示 錄 22:13

  • The Vision In Revelation
    啟 示 錄 1:8-22:13
  • The Vision in 3D
    啟 示 錄 1:8-22:13 (三 維)
  • Chinese Character Number Convertor
    漢字編號轉換板
  • More...
    • Related Verses In Chinese
    • Jesus' Birth (Luke 1:31-36 路加福音)
    • Our Response (Joshua 24:24 約書亞記)
    • The Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22:37 馬太福音)
    • Other Verses In Chinese
    • Prophecy Of China & America (Isaiah 18 以賽亞)
• Part 7: Closing Words On Bible Numbers
  (The grand picture.)
• Part 8: What This Means To The World
  • A Message For Skeptics, & Unbelievers
  • A Message For Christians
  • A Message For Muslims.
  • A Message For Jews.
• New Numeric Experiments
  • The Proclamation In English
  • The Proclamation In Greek
  • Prophecy Of China & America
    Isaiah 18 (English)
  • Numeric Experiments: Conclusion
  • Speculative Numeric Experiments

  Further Numeric Experiments

  • Numeric Experiments
  • Second Experiment: It's Not Easy
  • The Balfour Declaration In Chinese
  • The U.S. Recognition Of Israel In Chinese
  • A New Proclamation In Chinese
• Miscellaneous
  • The Future Of The Middle East.
  • The Prayer Of Moses.
  • The lord Is My Shepherd.
  • The Structure Of History.
  • The Donkey Speaks.
  • Be Holy For I Am Holy.

  • God’s Covenant.
  • The Tower Of Babel.
  • The First Marriage.
  • The Flood.
  • The Imperial Number.
• Appendix: Why 7 & 13?
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