Refuge מחסה
Refuge — in Hebrew מחסה — refuge, shelter. Refuge appears 36,329 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 9.2% more than chance alone would give (about 33,269; probability 1.1 × 10⁻⁶¹).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 36,329
- Chance alone · every skip
- 33,269
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.1 × 10⁻⁶¹
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 100,704
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: 3,354 found · chance alone about 3,193 (probability of 3,354 or more by chance alone: 0.0024).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), מחסה appears 36,329 times in the Torah — 9.2% more than the 33,269 chance alone would give; the probability of 36,329 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻⁶¹.
The shortest skip at which מחסה appears in the Torah is 3 — at Numbers 12:15, reading forward.
The longest skip at which מחסה was found in the Torah is 100,704 — at Genesis 1:14, 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 8,082
- Exodus 8,136
- Leviticus 5,930
- Numbers 8,438
- Deuteronomy 5,743
Examples across the range
5 of the 36,329 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
- םNumbers 12:15
וַתִּסָּגֵר מִרְיָם מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וְהָעָם לֹא נָסַע עַד־הֵאָסֵף מִרְיָֽם
And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days; and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
- ח ס הNumbers 12:16
וְאַחַר נָסְעוּ הָעָם מֵחֲצֵרוֹת וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּמִדְבַּר פָּארָֽן
And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 209,448 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- םNumbers 12:15
Letter by letter
- ם ח ס הExodus 9:3
… יַד־יְהוָה הוֹיָה בְּמִקְנְךָ אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶה בַּסּוּסִים בַּֽחֲמֹרִים בַּגְּמַלִּים בַּבָּקָר וּבַצֹּאן דֶּבֶר כָּבֵד …
behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks; there shall be a very grievous murrain.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 89,727 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ם ח ס הExodus 9:3
- מLeviticus 6:6
אֵשׁ תָּמִיד תּוּקַד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לֹא תִכְבֶֽה
Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- חLeviticus 6:4
… אֲחֵרִים וְהוֹצִיא אֶת־הַדֶּשֶׁן אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה אֶל־מָקוֹם טָהֽוֹר
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
- סLeviticus 6:3
וְלָבַשׁ הַכֹּהֵן מִדּוֹ בַד וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־בַד יִלְבַּשׁ עַל־בְּשָׂרוֹ וְהֵרִים …
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
- הLeviticus 6:1
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
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 up the middle column. letter 148,136 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מLeviticus 6:6
- מDeuteronomy 16:8
שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי עֲצֶרֶת לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה מְלָאכָֽה
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no work therein.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- חDeuteronomy 17:3
וַיֵּלֶךְ וַֽיַּעֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לָהֶם וְלַשֶּׁמֶשׁ אוֹ לַיָּרֵחַ אוֹ …
and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have commanded not;
- סDeuteronomy 17:18
… אֶת־מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת עַל־סֵפֶר מִלִּפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּֽם
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites.
- הDeuteronomy 18:17
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָי הֵיטִיבוּ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּֽרוּ
And the LORD said unto me: ‘They have well said that which they have spoken.
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 276,966 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מDeuteronomy 16:8
- םGenesis 1:14
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל …
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- חExodus 16:3
… בְּשִׁבְתֵּנוּ עַל־סִיר הַבָּשָׂר בְּאָכְלֵנוּ לֶחֶם לָשֹׂבַע כִּֽי־הוֹצֵאתֶם אֹתָנוּ אֶל …
and the children of Israel said unto them: ‘Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’
- סNumbers 7:84
… קַעֲרֹת כֶּסֶף שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה מִֽזְרְקֵי־כֶסֶף שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר כַּפּוֹת זָהָב שְׁתֵּים …
This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans;
- הDeuteronomy 32:50
… כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־מֵת אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ בְּהֹר הָהָר וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו
and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people.
skip 100,704, width 100,704 — one row is 100,704 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 614 of the TorahOpen at skip 100,704 in the laboratory →
- םGenesis 1:14
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), מחסה appears 487,504 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 494,431, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 12,306 found · chance alone about 12,311 (probability of 12,306 or more by chance alone: 0.52).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 28,034
- Exodus 26,130
- Leviticus 16,689
- Numbers 26,495
- Deuteronomy 19,875
- Joshua 15,202
- Judges 15,032
- Samuel 34,009
- Kings 37,588
- Isaiah 25,638
- Jeremiah 34,686
- Ezekiel 30,792
- The Twelve 24,239
- Psalms 33,964
- Proverbs 11,435
- Job 13,545
- Song of Songs 2,398
- Ruth 2,066
- Lamentations 2,540
- Ecclesiastes 5,361
- Esther 6,329
- Daniel 9,920
- Ezra–Nehemiah 19,687
- Chronicles 45,850
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- מ ח ס הJeremiah 50:15
… סָבִיב נָתְנָה יָדָהּ נָֽפְלוּ אשויתיה נֶהֶרְסוּ חֽוֹמוֹתֶיהָ כִּי נִקְמַת יְהוָה הִיא הִנָּקְמוּ …
Shout against her round about, she hath submitted herself; Her buttresses are fallen, her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance upon her; As she hath done, do unto her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 719,872 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ח ס הJeremiah 50:15
- מJob 36:21
הִשָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־אָוֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי
Take heed, regard not iniquity; For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- חJob 36:25
כָּל־אָדָם חָֽזוּ־בוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ יַבִּיט מֵרָחֽוֹק
All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
- סJob 36:29
אַף אִם־יָבִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָב תְּשֻׁאוֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The crashings of His pavilion?
- הJob 36:33
יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעוֹ מִקְנֶה אַף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה
The noise thereof telleth concerning it, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.
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 990,390 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מJob 36:21
- מ2 Chronicles 36:15
… בְּיַד מַלְאָכָיו הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֹחַ כִּֽי־חָמַל עַל־עַמּוֹ וְעַל־מְעוֹנֽוֹ
And the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent to them by His messengers, sending betimes and often; because He had compassion on His people, and on His dwelling-place;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- חEzekiel 46:21
… מִקְצוֹעֵי הֶחָצֵר וְהִנֵּה חָצֵר בְּמִקְצֹעַ הֶחָצֵר חָצֵר בְּמִקְצֹעַ הֶחָצֵֽר
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
- ס1 Samuel 12:9
… יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וַיִּמְכֹּר אֹתָם בְּיַד סִֽיסְרָא שַׂר־צְבָא חָצוֹר וּבְיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּים …
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He gave them over into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
- הGenesis 2:3
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת …
And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
skip 398,215, width 398,215 — one row is 398,215 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,415 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,215 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Chronicles 36:15
The spelling
מחסה — the Tanakh's own spelling: refuge, shelter. Searched as מחסה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 113.
As a plain word it stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 25:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Refuge appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), מחסה appears 36,329 times in the Torah — 9.2% more than the 33,269 chance alone would give; the probability of 36,329 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻⁶¹.
What is the shortest skip for Refuge in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Numbers 12:15 — the shortest of 36,329 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 33,269.
What is the gematria of Refuge in Hebrew?
Refuge is spelled מחסה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 113.
How many times is Refuge found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), מחסה appears 487,504 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 494,431, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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