Tefillin תפלין
Tefillin — in Hebrew תפלין — tefillin, the leather boxes worn in prayer. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 890 sequences of Tefillin, the shortest at skip 9 (Numbers 26:57); chance alone would give about 929.
- Found in the Torah
- 890
- Chance alone
- 929
- P (≥ found)
- 0.90
- Shortest skip
- 9
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 890 sequences of תפלין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 929).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 9 — the first at Numbers 26:57, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 7,471 sequences of תפלין, against about 7,318 from chance alone.
- Genesis 215
- Exodus 197
- Leviticus 124
- Numbers 235
- Deuteronomy 119
The shortest skips
וְאֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַלֵּוִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְגֵרְשׁוֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי לִקְהָת מִשְׁפַּחַת הַקְּהָתִי לִמְרָרִי מִשְׁפַּחַת הַמְּרָרִֽי
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 233,508Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־הַפְּקֻדִים לְמַחֲנֵה דָן מְאַת אֶלֶף וְשִׁבְעָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים אֶלֶף וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת לָאַחֲרֹנָה יִסְעוּ לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם
all that were numbered of the camp of Dan being a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred; they shall set forth hindmost by their standards.’
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 190,051Open in the laboratory →
וַתָּמָת דְּבֹרָה מֵינֶקֶת רִבְקָה וַתִּקָּבֵר מִתַּחַת לְבֵֽית־אֵל תַּחַת הָֽאַלּוֹן וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ אַלּוֹן בָּכֽוּת
And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 51,233Open in the laboratory →
אִם־אַתֶּם תָּבֹאוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתִי אֶת־יָדִי לְשַׁכֵּן אֶתְכֶם בָּהּ כִּי אִם־כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן
surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
skip 35, width 35 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 212,498Open in the laboratory →
לֹא תֹאכְלוּ עַל־הַדָּם לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ
Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.
skip 43, width 43 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 171,415Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תפלין appears 3,749 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,743, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 215
- Exodus 197
- Leviticus 124
- Numbers 235
- Deuteronomy 129
- Joshua 97
- Judges 125
- Samuel 267
- Kings 201
- Isaiah 193
- Jeremiah 215
- Ezekiel 270
- The Twelve 135
- Psalms 365
- Proverbs 146
- Job 187
- Song of Songs 26
- Ruth 29
- Lamentations 24
- Ecclesiastes 31
- Esther 47
- Daniel 97
- Ezra–Nehemiah 114
- Chronicles 280
Outside the Torah
דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים כַּדָּרְבֹנוֹת וּֽכְמַשְׂמְרוֹת נְטוּעִים בַּעֲלֵי אֲסֻפּוֹת נִתְּנוּ מֵרֹעֶה אֶחָֽד
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,022,738Open in the laboratory →
וְהָלַךְ מִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְּשָׁנָה וְסָבַב בֵּֽית־אֵל וְהַגִּלְגָּל וְהַמִּצְפָּה וְשָׁפַט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל־הַמְּקוֹמוֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 393,536Open in the laboratory →
וּבִרְאוֹת יְהוָה כִּי נִכְנָעוּ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁמַֽעְיָה לֵאמֹר נִכְנְעוּ לֹא אַשְׁחִיתֵם וְנָתַתִּי לָהֶם כִּמְעַט לִפְלֵיטָה וְלֹא־תִתַּךְ חֲמָתִי בִּירוּשָׁלִַם בְּיַד־שִׁישָֽׁק
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying: ‘They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,158,328Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תפלין — a Hebrew word: tefillin, the leather boxes worn in prayer. Searched as תפלין, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 570.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- תפילין — a Hebrew word found 89 in the Torah (chance 95.3)
Questions
Is Tefillin in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 890 sequences of תפלין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 929).
What is the shortest skip for Tefillin in the Torah?
Skip 9, reading forward from Numbers 26:57 — the shortest of 890 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 929.
How is Tefillin spelled in Hebrew?
Tefillin is spelled תפלין — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 570; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Tefillin in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תפלין appears 3,749 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,743, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 929 here) beside the count.