Mishkan (Tabernacle · משכן)
Mishkan (Tabernacle) — in Hebrew משכן — dwelling; the Tabernacle in the wilderness. Mishkan (Tabernacle) appears 228,825 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 237,258 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 228,825
- Chance alone · every skip
- 237,258
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,283
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 22,041 found · chance alone about 22,770 (probability of 22,041 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), משכן appears 228,825 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 237,258, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 41:51, reading forward.
The longest skip at which משכן was found in the Torah is 101,283 — at Genesis 1:9, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 49,995
- Exodus 48,657
- Leviticus 33,134
- Numbers 54,830
- Deuteronomy 42,209
Examples across the range
5 of the 228,825 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- מ ש כ נGenesis 41:51
וַיִּקְרָא יוֹסֵף אֶת־שֵׁם הַבְּכוֹר מְנַשֶּׁה כִּֽי־נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִי וְאֵת …
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: ‘for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,644 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ש כ נGenesis 41:51
Letter by letter
- מ ש ך ןExodus 23:16
… הָֽאָסִף בְּצֵאת הַשָּׁנָה בְּאָסְפְּךָ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂיךָ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶֽה
and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 111,649 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ש ך ןExodus 23:16
- מNumbers 4:33
זֹאת עֲבֹדַת מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי מְרָרִי לְכָל־עֲבֹדָתָם בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד בְּיַד אִֽיתָמָר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵֽן
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 4:35
מִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה וְעַד בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה כָּל־הַבָּא לַצָּבָא לַעֲבֹדָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for service in the tent of meeting.
- כNumbers 4:37
אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַקְּהָתִי כָּל־הָעֹבֵד בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֲשֶׁר פָּקַד …
These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, of all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. .
- נNumbers 4:39
מִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה וְעַד בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה כָּל־הַבָּא לַצָּבָא לַעֲבֹדָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for service in the tent of meeting,
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 194,452 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מNumbers 4:33
- מLeviticus 18:1
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שLeviticus 18:26
… אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי וְלֹא תַעֲשׂוּ מִכֹּל הַתּוֹעֵבֹת הָאֵלֶּה הָֽאֶזְרָח וְהַגֵּר …
Ye therefore shall keep My statutes and Mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you—
- ךLeviticus 19:19
אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ לֹא־תַרְבִּיעַ כִּלְאַיִם שָׂדְךָ לֹא …
Ye shall keep My statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.
- נLeviticus 20:3
וַאֲנִי אֶתֵּן אֶת־פָּנַי בָּאִישׁ הַהוּא וְהִכְרַתִּי אֹתוֹ מִקֶּרֶב …
I also will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile My sanctuary, and to profane My holy name.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 169,007 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מLeviticus 18:1
- םGenesis 1:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שExodus 16:8
… בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ בִּשְׁמֹעַ יְהוָה אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- כNumbers 8:12
וְהַלְוִיִּם יִסְמְכוּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל רֹאשׁ הַפָּרִים …
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
- נDeuteronomy 34:1
… מֹשֶׁה מֵֽעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב אֶל־הַר נְבוֹ רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי …
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan;
skip 101,283, width 101,283 — one row is 101,283 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 372 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,283 in the laboratory →
- םGenesis 1:9
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,550,129 sequences of משכן across every skip (2–399,013), 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 3,502,561); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.5 × 10⁻¹⁴² by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 85,386 found · chance alone about 87,213 (probability of 85,386 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 227,722
- Exodus 211,310
- Leviticus 133,029
- Numbers 217,465
- Deuteronomy 163,277
- Joshua 120,966
- Judges 118,784
- Samuel 267,476
- Kings 295,669
- Isaiah 193,547
- Jeremiah 261,142
- Ezekiel 222,814
- The Twelve 166,128
- Psalms 213,068
- Proverbs 72,687
- Job 84,836
- Song of Songs 14,848
- Ruth 13,218
- Lamentations 14,901
- Ecclesiastes 33,230
- Esther 38,186
- Daniel 60,075
- Ezra–Nehemiah 118,848
- Chronicles 286,903
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- מ ש ך נEzekiel 27:16
אֲרָם סֹחַרְתֵּךְ מֵרֹב מַעֲשָׂיִךְ בְּנֹפֶךְ אַרְגָּמָן וְרִקְמָה וּבוּץ וְרָאמֹת וְכַדְכֹּד נָתְנוּ בְּעִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ
Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 765,891 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ש ך נEzekiel 27:16
- ם2 Samuel 21:2
… יִשְׂרָאֵל נִשְׁבְּעוּ לָהֶם וַיְבַקֵּשׁ שָׁאוּל לְהַכֹּתָם בְּקַנֹּאתוֹ לִבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָֽה
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them—now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah—
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ש2 Samuel 21:4
… אֵֽין־לי כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב עִם־שָׁאוּל וְעִם־בֵּיתוֹ וְאֵֽין־לָנוּ אִישׁ …
And the Gibeonites said unto him: ‘It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.’ And he said: ‘What say ye that I should do for you?’
- כ2 Samuel 21:5
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר כִּלָּנוּ וַאֲשֶׁר דִּמָּה־לָנוּ נִשְׁמַדְנוּ מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּב בְּכָל־גְּבֻל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And they said unto the king: ‘The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, so that we have been destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
- ן2 Samuel 21:7
… הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־מְפִי־בֹשֶׁת בֶּן־יְהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־שָׁאוּל עַל־שְׁבֻעַת יְהוָה …
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 470,727 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ם2 Samuel 21:2
- מ2 Chronicles 36:17
… כשדיים וַיַּהֲרֹג בַּחוּרֵיהֶם בַּחֶרֶב בְּבֵית מִקְדָּשָׁם וְלֹא חָמַל עַל־בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה …
Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שEzekiel 46:19
… עַל־כֶּתֶף הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַלִּשְׁכוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַפֹּנוֹת צָפוֹנָה וְהִנֵּה …
Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- כ1 Samuel 12:2
וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה הַמֶּלֶךְ מִתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם וַאֲנִי זָקַנְתִּי וָשַׂבְתִּי וּבָנַי הִנָּם …
And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
- נGenesis 1:20
… וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
skip 398,532, width 398,532 — one row is 398,532 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,545 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,532 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Chronicles 36:17
The spelling
משכן — the Tanakh's own spelling: dwelling; the Tabernacle in the wilderness. Searched as משכן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 410.
As a plain word it stands 24 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 38:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Tabernacle.
Questions
Does Mishkan (Tabernacle) appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), משכן appears 228,825 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 237,258, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Mishkan (Tabernacle) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 41:51 — the shortest of 228,825 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 237,258.
How is Mishkan (Tabernacle) spelled in Hebrew?
Mishkan is spelled משכן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 410.
Is Mishkan (Tabernacle) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,550,129 sequences of משכן across every skip (2–399,013), 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 3,502,561); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.5 × 10⁻¹⁴² 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 237,258 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.