Face פנים
Face — in Hebrew פנים — face; presence. In the Torah codes, Face is found 18,988 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 32:1) — 2.6% above the 18,498 chance alone would give (probability of 18,988 or more by chance alone: 0.00017).
- Found in the Torah
- 18,988
- Chance alone
- 18,498
- P (≥ found)
- 0.00017
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 18,988 sequences of פנים at skips 2–5,000, 2.6% above what chance alone gives (about 18,498); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00017 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 32:1, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 189,859 sequences of פנים, against about 192,747 from chance alone.
- Genesis 5,170
- Exodus 3,681
- Leviticus 2,075
- Numbers 5,933
- Deuteronomy 2,129
The shortest skips
וַיַּרְא הָעָם כִּֽי־בֹשֵׁשׁ מֹשֶׁה לָרֶדֶת מִן־הָהָר וַיִּקָּהֵל הָעָם עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו קוּם עֲשֵׂה־לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יֵֽלְכוּ לְפָנֵינוּ כִּי־זֶה מֹשֶׁה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֶֽעֱלָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֹא יָדַעְנוּ מֶה־הָיָה לֽוֹ
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him: ‘Up, make us a god who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 125,765Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לִי עֲשֵׂה־לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יֵלְכוּ לְפָנֵינוּ כִּי־זֶה מֹשֶׁה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֶֽעֱלָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֹא יָדַעְנוּ מֶה־הָיָה לֽוֹ
So they said unto me: Make us a god, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 127,040Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵבֵאתִי עֲלֵיכֶם חֶרֶב נֹקֶמֶת נְקַם־בְּרִית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי דֶבֶר בְּתוֹכְכֶם וְנִתַּתֶּם בְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities; and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 183,512Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּצְעַק אֶל־יְהוָה וַיּוֹרֵהוּ יְהוָה עֵץ וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶל־הַמַּיִם וַֽיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמָּיִם שָׁם שָׂם לוֹ חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט וְשָׁם נִסָּֽהוּ
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 100,957Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־מָצְאָה הַיּוֹנָה מָנוֹחַ לְכַף־רַגְלָהּ וַתָּשָׁב אֵלָיו אֶל־הַתֵּבָה כִּי־מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וַיִּקָּחֶהָ וַיָּבֵא אֹתָהּ אֵלָיו אֶל־הַתֵּבָֽה
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 9,533Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 80,799 sequences of פנים at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 79,583); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 8.6 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
- Genesis 5,170
- Exodus 3,681
- Leviticus 2,075
- Numbers 5,933
- Deuteronomy 2,362
- Joshua 2,373
- Judges 2,909
- Samuel 4,765
- Kings 4,148
- Isaiah 4,998
- Jeremiah 4,601
- Ezekiel 5,429
- The Twelve 3,794
- Psalms 7,895
- Proverbs 2,818
- Job 4,141
- Song of Songs 650
- Ruth 201
- Lamentations 654
- Ecclesiastes 519
- Esther 593
- Daniel 2,072
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,969
- Chronicles 6,049
Outside the Torah
כֹּֽה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְהַאֲבַדְתִּי גִלּוּלִים וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי אֱלִילִים מִנֹּף וְנָשִׂיא מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם לֹא יִֽהְיֶה־עוֹד וְנָתַתִּי יִרְאָה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will also destroy the idols, And I will cause the things of nought to cease from Noph; And there shall be no more a prince out of the land of Egypt; And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 770,236Open in the laboratory →
וּפָקַדְתִּי עַל כָּל־הַדּוֹלֵג עַל־הַמִּפְתָּן בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא הַֽמְמַלְאִים בֵּית אֲדֹנֵיהֶם חָמָס וּמִרְמָֽה
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, That fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 837,902Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־יְהוּדָה עֹמְדִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה גַּם־טַפָּם נְשֵׁיהֶם וּבְנֵיהֶֽם
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,168,114Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
פנים — the Tanakh's own spelling: face; presence. Searched as פנים, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 180.
As a plain word it stands 69 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 32:31. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Face in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 18,988 sequences of פנים at skips 2–5,000, 2.6% above what chance alone gives (about 18,498); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00017 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Face in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 32:1 — the shortest of 18,988 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 18,498.
How is Face spelled in Hebrew?
Face is spelled פנים — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 180.
Is Face in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 80,799 sequences of פנים at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 79,583); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 8.6 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 18,498 here) beside the count.