Pharaoh, Antichrist, 666 & 216 in the Torah and Revelation
   by Jack Cascione Reclaimnews@earthlink.net  (correction in blue type)
 
For the past five centuries, the Protestant millennial movement, as popularized in the Left Behind Series, has overlooked the Bible’s identification of Pharaoh as a type of Antichrist.  They give little attention to the Torah as prophecy because of their fixation with the Book of Revelation.
 
The recent article titled, Pharaoh a Type of Satan-Moses a Type of Christ, reprinted at the end of this article, cited 400 Bible passages arraigned in Hebraic Meter based on the name Pharaoh, illustrating that Pharaoh is a type of Antichrist.  This is more information than most readers can absorb at one time.  Evidence presented in prior articles about repetition in the Bible is intended to prove the existence of Hebraic Meter in the text.  The articles say more about the form of the text than the content.
 
This writer is often as surprised as the readers by the results produced from the search for Hebraic Meter in the Bible.  The search for Hebraic Meter associated with the name Pharaoh in the previous article produced 216 repetitions of the name Pharaoh in the five books of Moses.  The article stated:
 
There are exactly 216 repetitions of Pharaoh in the Torah.  This number has no particular significance until we learn that 216 is 18 x 12, a multiple of 12….
 
In terms of Hebraic Meter, the number 18 (associated with Pharaoh) can symbolize three times six, which can also be written as 666.
 
We thank layman Neal Engwall (NealEngwall@msn.com), a 54 year old financial advisor in Florida, and a former congregational president, for pointing out that 216 is also six cubed or 6 x 6 x 6, the number of the Antichrist in Revelation 13:18.  The cryptic verse reads:
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. (Rev 13:18)
After reviewing all 216 repetitions in Hebrew, (only KJV translates them all into English) it became obvious that Pharaoh was a type of Satan/Antichrist.
When Engwall pointed out that the 216 repetitions of Pharaoh’s name recorded by Moses is six cubed (6 x 6 x 6), this writer searched the internet for 216 Antichrist and 216 beast.  There were hundreds of websites, and even Wikipedia had a detailed article on the 216 (number), some of which is quoted here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/216_(number)
Since 216 = 33 + 43 + 53 = 63, it is the smallest cube that is also the sum of three cubes (Plato was among the first to notice this, and mentioned it in Book VIII of Republic). It is also the sum of a twin prime (107 + 109). But since there is no way to express it as the sum of the proper divisors of any other integer, it is an untouchable number. This multiplicative magic square…has magical constant 216.
As six cubed (6 x 6 x 6), 216 is also symbolic of the Mark of the Beast in Christianity. This has been expressed in the Left Behind series.
 
With all this information driven by millennialists, there is nothing on the internet, or to our knowledge in any publication, which speaks about Pharaoh’s name being repeated by Moses 216 times in the Torah.  They have missed this fact for at least the last 500 years, if not earlier.
 
Revelation 13:18 states we should count the number of the beast, and it is the number of a man.  For this writer and for untold numbers of researchers, the question has been, “Which man?”  The internet and millennial publications speculate on the basis of numeric designations for each letter with Kabala, Notarikon, and Gematria, in whatever language works for them, that the man might be Nero, Diocletian, Atilla the Hun, Mohamad, the Pope, Ronald Wilson Reagan (six letters in each name), or Barack Obama, who was born on August 4th, the 216th day of year. 
 
It has been this writer’s opinion that the name referenced in Rev. 13:18 must be in the Bible or the Bible is not the final statement on prophecy.  As the initiator of the first captivity, Pharaoh may be the best explanation.  Of course, this would make John, the fisherman and presumed author of Revelation, a Hebrew genius.  How could he know Moses wrote Pharaoh’s name 216 times in the Torah?  As usual, the Septuagint is way off with 223 repetitions.
 
The Three Captivities of Church
By neglecting prophecy in the Torah, millennialists overlooked the relationship among the three captivities of the Church in the Bible, each captivity is presented in terms of 666.  First, there is Pharaoh, who held Israel captive as explained in the article reprinted after this one.  The 216 repetitions of Pharaoh in the Torah can also be represented as 6 x 6 x 6.  Like the Papacy, Pharaoh is a continuous office from one Pharaoh to the next.  The 216th repetition of Pharaoh in the Torah reads “against Pharaoh” and completes four different sets of overlapping Hebraic Meter.  God destroyed Pharaoh by water (Exod. 15:19 KJV), and He will destroy the Antichrist with fire (Rev. 20:9).  The same water that killed Pharaoh baptized Israel, And all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea (1 Cor. 10:2).
 
Second, there is Nebuchadnezzar, who held Israel captive for 70 years.  Daniel 3:1 states:
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. (Dan 3:1 NAS)
The bold print is the basis for 666 associated with the name Nebuchadnezzar.  He builds a statue of himself which everyone must worship.  The statue is sixty cubits high and 6 cubits wide, dimensions which are given only because of their significance.  Then, as seen below, the text clearly states six times that the people should worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image, the only place this statement is made in the Bible.
      worship the golden image (Dan 3:5)
worshipped the golden image (Dan 3:7)
      worship the golden image (Dan 3:10)
      worship the golden image (Dan 3:12)
      worship the golden image (Dan 3:14)
      worship the golden image (Dan 3:18)
The third and final captivity takes place in Revelation, Chapter 13 by the power given to the Antichrist.  His description begins at Rev. 13:11-18.
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. (Rev 13:11 NAS)
Within these verses there are six Hina clauses rarely emphasized by translations, a Greek demonstrative literally meaning in order that.
in order that they might worship the first beast, 13:12	
in order that he might cause fire to come down out of  heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 13:13	
in order that the image of the beast might speak, 13:15	
in order that they should be killed 13:15	
in order that a mark might be given to them on their right hand, or on their foreheads: 13:16	
in order that no man might buy or sell, 13:17	
These verses also contain six verbs stating what the Antichrist will do.
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; 13:11	great	right hand	
And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, 13:12	small	foreheads	
and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13:12	rich	buy	
And he does great wonders, 13:13	poor	sell	
And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles 13:14	free	name	
And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 13:16 and that no one should be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name (13:17)	slave	number	
	Rev. 13:16	Rev. 13:17	
 
Looking to the right of the above example, you will see lists with six characteristics of the Antichrist’s captives.
 
There is a progression of severity in these three captivities.  Pharaoh enslaves the Church as his captives in Egypt; Nebuchadnezzar enslaves Church as his captives and the compels them to worship his image in Babylon; and the Antichrist enslaves the Church, compels them to worship him, and from within the Church claims he is the true God of the entire world.
 
The time between the first and second captivity does not give any information about the length of time between the second and the third captivity.  Charts from Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, sold at the Concordia Theological Seminary Book Store in 1977, say the date of the Exodus was 1444 BC and the Babylonian Captivity began in 594 BC, a period of 850 years.  If 850 years (equivalent to 17 Jubilees) is added to the 70 years of the Babylonian Captivity, which ended in 524 or 525 BC, the date is 396 or 397 AD, a possible date for the Papacy becoming the Office of Antichrist.  This is speculation.  In other words, there is no proof from the Bible for the end of the world.  Numbers associated with Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, and the Antichrist are all intended as symbolic.  The precise literal record of Jesus Christ is in the four Gospels.
 
Relationship Between 666, 216, and 144,000
The numbers 666 and 216 (the number six cubed) are symbolic numbers for the Antichrist who attacks the Church symbolized by the number 144,000.  One of the websites for 216 (https://www.biblegematria.com/number-216.html) states the strange statistic that the symbolic number of the elect, the 144,000, divided by 216, the symbolic number of Pharaoh, is 666.666… to infinity.  What the article does not say is that 144,000 divided by 666, the symbolic number of the Antichrist, is 216.216216216…to infinity.
 
In Revelation Chapter 21 we find 12,000 stadia cubed as the dimensions for the New Jerusalem, as well as the 10 cubits and the 20 cubits cubed for the dimensions of the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle and the Temple.  This is sufficient precedent for six cubed being a number for the Antichrist.
 
Gematria is fabrication but the mathematics associated with 666, 216, and 144,000 are not Gematria and are found in the text without assigning numerical evaluations to individual letters of the alphabet.  The numbers 666 and 216 produce each other when divided into 144,000.  This is not something the Holy Spirit arranged by accident.  Also, 216 x 666 + 144 = 144,000.  One can understand why many in the Early Church, particularly Eusebius, regarded the Book of Revelation as Gnostic heresy.  To this day the Greek Orthodox Church and even some Lutheran clergy do not accept Revelation as the Word of God.  Officially, the Lutheran Church counts Revelation with the antilegomena and forbids that any doctrine be based on Revelation without support from the 20 books in the homologoumena.  In general, most of Christendom authenticates the books in the canon of the Bible with the feeling of validity the Holy Spirit generates in their hearts.
 
With the year 2020, millennialists have run out of significant possible dates for the end of the world.  The comparison of 6,000-years to the six-days of creation is no longer applicable.  Millennialists’ predictions for dates of events that will take place in real time are based on symbolic numbers and have never been accurate.  God, who is inclined to negotiation, as in His conversation with Abraham over the destruction of Sodom, has not revealed the time of the end.  Jonah was angry because God did not destroy Nineveh in 40 days when the Ninevites repented.  How can Christians focus on specific dates with a God who shows flexibility through prayer?  The message of the three captivities is clear: God will save His Church for all eternity.
 
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Robert Dargatz, former professor of Old Testament Studies and chairman of the Religion Division at Concordia University Irvine California, and Pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Orange, CA, elected to the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations.
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Pharaoh a Type of Satan-Moses a Type of Christ:
A Glorious Celebration of Repetition in the Bible
  By Jack Cascione reclaimnews@earthlink.net
 
Moses writes about Pharaoh in Exodus as a type of Satan.  As a key subject in Moses’ five books, also known as the Pentateuch or the Torah, Pharaoh’s name appears more often than the names Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or Joseph.  Repetitions of Pharaoh’s name are exceeded in order by Egypt, Aaron, Priest, Israel, Moses, and by far, names for God or LORD. 
 
These key words (in this case names) serve as the matrix for an amazing array of Hebraic Meter in the Bible.  The rhythm of Hebraic Meter is woven into the biblical text, which is the repetition of key words, phrases, concepts, names, places, numbers, genealogy, events, things, actions, etc. in multiples of 7s, 10s, and 12s.
 
This article is limited primarily to repetition of the name Pharaoh, which led to understanding Pharaoh as a type of Satan.  A cursory examination for Hebraic Meter with the name Pharaoh (less obvious than the name Moses, the subject for another article) warranted further investigation.  There are exactly 216 repetitions of Pharaoh in the Torah.  This number has no particular significance until we learn that 216 is 18 x 12, a multiple of 12, as found in the account of Anna of Phanuel, who was widowed for 84 years (Luke 2:37); the 276 passengers on the ship with Paul (Acts 27:37); or the 1260 days the woman hides in the desert (Rev. 12:6).
 
In terms of Hebraic Meter, the number 18 (associated with Pharaoh) can symbolize three times six, which can also be written as 666.  Hebraic Meter must be based on more than speculation and symbol.  If the 216 repetitions of the name Pharaoh are intended as a matrix, there must also be a significant number of metered subsets based on this name in the text.  Further research provided more than ample evidence.  The next five examples are perfect subsets of heptadic meter, multiples of seven with the name Pharaoh in the text.
 
The Pharaoh (preceded byאֶת  et)* 7 times in the Pentateuch
The Pharaoh......אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֛ה  (Gen 12:17)
The Pharaoh...... אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Gen 40:20)
The Pharaoh...... אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Gen 41:9 )
The Pharaoh...... אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֛ה (Gen 41:16)
The Pharaoh...... אֶת־פַּרְעֹֽה (Gen 41:28)
The Pharaoh...... אֶת־פַּרְעֹֽה (Gen 47:7)
The Pharaoh...... אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Gen 47:10)
  *(Et is the untranslatable Hebrew sign for the importance of the following word, almost always a noun.)
 
And Pharaoh said to Joseph 7 times in Genesis
And Pharaoh said to Joseph….. וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף (Gen 41:15)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph….. וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף (Gen 41:17)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph….. וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף (Gen 41:39)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph….. וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף (Gen 41:41)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph…..וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף  (Gen 41:44)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph….. וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף (Gen 45:17)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph….. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף (Gen 47:5)

Pharaoh 7 times in the Exodus Chapter 2
            the daughter of Pharaoh....... בַּת־פַּרְעֹה (Exo 2:5)
            the daughter of Pharaoh....... אֶל־בַּת־פַּרְעֹה (Exo 2:7)
            the daughter of Pharaoh....... בַּת־פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Exo 2:8)
            the daughter of Pharaoh....... בַּת־פַּרְעֹ֗ה (Exo 2:9)
            the daughter of Pharaoh....... לְבַת־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 2:10)
                     and heard Pharaoh       וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע פַּרְעֹה  (Exo 2:15)
from before the face of Pharaoh       מִפְּנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה  (Exo 2:15)

Pharaoh king of Egypt 7 times in the Pentateuch
(this exact form)
Pharaoh king of Egypt......פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָ֑יִם  (Gen 41:46 WTT)
Pharaoh king of Egypt...... פַּרְעֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם (Exo 6:11 WTT)
Pharaoh king of Egypt...... פַּרְעֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם (Exo 6:13 WTT)
Pharaoh king of Egypt...... פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם (Exo 6:27 WTT)
Pharaoh king of Egypt...... פַּרְעֹה֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם (Exo 6:29 WTT)
Pharaoh king of Egypt...... פַּרְעֹה֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם (Exo 14:8 WTT)
Pharaoh king of Egypt...... פַּרְעֹ֥ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָֽיִם (Deu 7:8 WTT)

The heart of Pharaoh (with direct object) 7 times in Exodus
          I will harden the heart of Pharaoh…..וַאֲנִ֥י אַקְשֶׁ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה  (Exo 7:3)
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh….. יְחַזֵּ֤ק יְהוָה֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה  (Exo 9:12)
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh.…. וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 10:20)
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh….. וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 10:27)
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh….. וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק יְהוָה֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 11:10)
          I will harden the heart of Pharaoh......וְחִזַּקְתִּ֣י אֶת־לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֮       (Exo 14:4)
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh….. וַיְחַזֵּ֣ק יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶת־לֵ֤ב פַּרְעֹה֙ (Exo 14:8)
 
It is interesting to note that Exodus juxtaposes seven repetitions of wise hearted against seven repetitions of harden the heart.  The text confirms cognizance of this distinction by contrasting these two hearts in identical cadence, further proof of Hebraic Meter.
 
All wise hearted 7 times in the Pentateuch
           And thou shalt speak to all who are wise hearted              (Exo 28:3)
                   and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted              (Exo 31:6)
                                                   And every wise hearted              (Exo 35:10)
                     And all the women that were wise hearted              (Exo 35:25)
                                                    and every wise hearted man      (Exo 36:1)
                                                    and every wise hearted man      (Exo 36:2)
                                         And made every wise hearted man      (Exo 36:8)
    
      וְאַתָּה תְּדַבֵּר אֶל־כָּל־חַכְמֵי־לֵב (Exo 28:3)
      וּבְלֵב כָּל־חֲכַם־לֵב                (Exo 31:6)
      וְכָל־חֲכַם־לֵב                      (Exo 35:10)
    וְכָל־אִשָּׁה חַכְמַת־לֵב               (Exo 35:25)
      וְכֹל אִישׁ חֲכַם־לֵב                (Exo 36:1)
      כָּל־אִישׁ חֲכַם־לֵב                 (Exo 36:2)
    וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כָל־חֲכַם־לֵב                 (Exo 36:8)
 
There are four, if not five, different Pharaohs referenced in the Torah: the first interacts with Abraham and Sarah, the second with Joseph, the third with Moses as an infant, the fourth with Moses as a fugitive, and the last as Pharaoh of the Exodus.  It is possible, but doubtful, that the third and fourth are the same Pharaoh.  God speaks to the first two Pharaohs in dreams for the benefit of His chosen people.  The last Pharaoh becomes a type of Satan, who enslaves God’s chosen people, refuses God’s command to release them, refuses to let them worship in the desert, and openly defies God 10 times.
 
The Hebrew word for to follows the name Pharaoh exactly 12 times in the Torah.  The second Pharaoh speaks 10 times to someone, and Pharaoh said to.  Seven of these phases are directed to Joseph as seen above.
 
And Pharaoh to 12 times in the Pentateuch
And Pharaoh said to 10 times in Genesis
And Pharaoh said to Joseph 7 times in the Pentateuch
And Pharaoh said to Joseph וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף        (Gen 41:15)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph......וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף  (Gen 41:17)
And Pharaoh said to......................... וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל (Gen 41:38)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph...... וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף (Gen 41:39)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph...... וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף (Gen 41:41)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph...... וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף (Gen 41:44)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph...... וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף (Gen 45:17)
And Pharaoh said to.......................... וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל (Gen 47:3)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph....... וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף (Gen 47:5)
And Pharaoh said to Jacob........ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב (Gen 47:8)
And Pharaoh called to Moses.... וַיִּקְרָ֣א פַרְעֹ֔ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה (Exo 8:21)
And Pharaoh called to Moses....וַיִּקְרָ֙א פַרְעֹ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה  (Exo 10:24)
 
The following is an example of perfect double heptadic meter, the first 11 are spoken by the second Pharaoh and the final three are spoken by the last Pharaoh.  Note that the account of both Pharaohs is necessary to complete the meter.  With such obvious intentionality one wonders why it has taken 3,500 years to discover this meter in the text?  The cadence of meter in the text was first observed by this writer in 1978 without the aid of a computer.  Computers have greatly sped up the process.  Today there is hardly a Hebrew scholar or seminary professor on earth who does not have access to a computer.  What is keeping them from searching the text for this meter?
 
And Pharaoh said 14 times in the Pentateuch
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה (Gen 41:15)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Gen 41:38)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה (Gen 41:39)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Gen 41:41)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה (Gen 41:44)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֙אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֤ה (Gen 41:55)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה (Gen 45:17)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה (Gen 47:3)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Gen 47:5)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Gen 47:8)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֖אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Gen 50:6)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 5:2)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 5:5)
And Pharaoh said...... וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֗ה (Exo 8:24)
 
The text also demonstrates cognizance of the difference between the first two Pharaohs and the last three Pharaohs by dividing the meter according to cadence between two books.  The phrase to Pharaoh is found 10 times in Genesis and 20 times in Exodus.  The meter emphasizes the distinction between these two groups.
 
To Pharaoh 30 times in the Pentateuch
To Pharaoh 10 times in Genesis
To Pharaoh 20 times in Exodus
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה  (Gen 12:15)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 1:19)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 7:2)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Gen 40:14)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 3:10)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹֽה (Exo 7:7)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹֽה (Gen 41:14)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 3:11)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 7:10)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Gen 41:25)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 4:22)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֞ה (Exo 7:15)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Gen 41:28)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 5:1)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 7:26)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Gen 41:32)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Exo 5:15)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 8:15)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Gen 41:55)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹה (Exo 5:23)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 9:1)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה (Gen 47:3)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה (Exo 6:11)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 10:1)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה (Gen 47:4)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֣ה (Exo 6:27)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹה (Exo 10:3)	
אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Gen 47:9)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹה (Exo 6:29)	אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 10:8)	
 
The phrase Pharaoh’s heart repeats exactly 14 times.  Twelve of them deal with God hardening Pharaoh’s heart, and 10 of them use the same verb חָזַק (chazaq, khaw-zak') for harden.  After reviewing these examples, there is no question the text states that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, a heart that gets more attention than any other heart in the Bible.  Yet, the text also tells us that it was Pharaoh who first hardened his own heart.  After the fact, we see that it was God’s purpose to wipe out Pharaoh and his army, a foreshadowing of Jesus destroying Satan’s demon horde, and countless people in this world who hate God.  Israel celebrated while the bodies washed up on the shore.
 
Pharaoh’s heart 14 times in the Pentateuch
Pharaoh’s heart hardened 12 times in the Pentateuch
Pharaoh’s heart hardened 10 times same verb in the Pentateuch
                 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart                               (Exo 7:3 WTT)
                                And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened       (Exo 7:13 WTT)
                                        Pharaoh’s heart                               (Exo 7:14 WTT)
                                And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened       (Exo 7:22 WTT)
                                And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened       (Exo 8:15 WTT)
                                And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened       (Exo 9:7 WTT)
And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart                                (Exo 9:12 WTT)
                                And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened       (Exo 9:35 WTT)
And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart                                (Exo 10:20 WTT)
And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart                                (Exo 10:27 WTT)
And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart                                (Exo 11:10 WTT)
                                        Pharaoh’s heart is hardened           (Exo 14:4 WTT)
                                        Pharaoh’s heart                                (Exo 14:5 WTT)
And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart                                (Exo 14:8 WTT)
 
......וַאֲנִ֥י אַקְשֶׁ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה     (Exo 7:3 WTT)
...... וַיֶּחֱזַק֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה                (Exo 7:13 WTT)
...... לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה                         (Exo 7:14 WTT)
...... וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק לֵב־פַּרְעֹה                (Exo 7:22 WTT)
...... וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק לֵב־פַּרְעֹה                (Exo 8:15 WTT)
...... וַיִּכְבַּד֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה                 (Exo 9:7 WTT)
...... וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק יְהוָה֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה    (Exo 9:12 WTT)
......וַֽיֶּחֱזַק֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה                  (Exo 9:35 WTT)
...... וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה    (Exo 10:20 WTT)
......וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה     (Exo 10:27 WTT)
...... וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק יְהוָה֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה    (Exo 11:10 WTT)
...... וְחִזַּקְתִּ֣י אֶת־לֵב־פַּרְעֹה         (Exo 14:4 WTT)
...... לְבַ֙ב פַּרְעֹ֤ה                       (Exo 14:5 WTT)
...... וַיְחַזֵּ֣ק יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶת־לֵ֤ב פַּרְעֹה    (Exo 14:8 WTT)
 
Exodus also uses a different word for harden כָּבֵד (kabed, kaw-bade'), and an adjective with identical spelling and pointing, 10 more times with the name Pharaoh.  The adjective means heavy or severe, as in a hard time.  The verb means harden or honor; such is Hebrew.  The text plays with this verb so that sometimes Pharaoh hardens his own heart; sometimes God hardens Pharaoh’s heart; and other times God is honored by Pharaoh’s self-destruction.  In other words, the action of hardening Pharaoh’s heart honors God, the mystery of paradox to be sure.  God is honored by those who honor Him and honored by the destruction of those who dishonor Him.  In every circumstance God is honored.  The last three are translated as honored.
 
Pharaoh hardened 10 times in the Pentateuch (reread above paragraph)
      And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened (Exo 7:14)
       But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart  (Exo 8:15)
       And a severe swarm of insects came into Pharaoh’s house  (Exo 8:24)
       But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also (Exo 8:32 )
       But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened (Exo 9:7 )
       But when Pharaoh saw… that…the hail…ceased,… he hardened his heart,  (Exo 9:34)
      Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, (Exo 10:1)
       and I will be honored through Pharaoh (Exo 14:4)
       and I will be honored through Pharaoh  (Exo 14:17)
       when I am honored through Pharaoh,  (Exo 14:18)
 
(These repetitions are lined up with the word harden.)
                         וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כָּבֵ֖ד לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 7:14)
                         וַיַּ֣רְא פַּרְעֹ֗ה כִּ֤י הָֽיְתָה֙ הָֽרְוָחָ֔ה וְהַכְבֵּד֙ אֶת־לִבּ֔וֹ   (Exo 8:11)
                      וַיָּבֹא֙ עָרֹ֣ב כָּבֵ֔ד בֵּ֥יתָה פַרְעֹ֖ה (Exo 8:20)
              וַיַּכְבֵּ֤ד פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶת־לִבּ֔וֹ גַּ֖ם (Exo 8:28)
                         וַיִּכְבַּד֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 9:7)
     וַיַּ֣רְא פַּרְעֹ֗ה כִּֽי־חָדַ֙ל הַמָּטָ֧ר וְהַבָּרָ֛ד וְהַקֹּלֹ֖ת וַיֹּ֣סֶף לַחֲטֹ֑א וַיַּכְבֵּ֥ד (Exo 9:34)
    בֹּ֖א אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כִּֽי־אֲנִ֞י הִכְבַּ֤דְתִּי אֶת־לִבּוֹ֙ וְאֶת־לֵ֣ב עֲבָדָ֔יו (Exo 10:1 WTT)
                          וְאִכָּבְדָ֤ה בְּפַרְעֹה֙ (Exo 14:4 )
                          מְחַזֵּק֙ וְאִכָּבְדָ֤ה בְּפַרְעֹה (Exo 14:17)
                           בְּהִכָּבְדִ֣י בְּפַרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 14:18)
 
For the sake of verification, all 216 repetitions of Pharaoh in the Torah are listed below.  It is interesting to note that if we only consider Joseph’s interaction with the second Pharaoh and Moses’ interaction with the last Pharaoh, instead of 216 repetitions, the remaining number is exactly 200.
 
Pharaoh 216 (18 x 12) times in the Pentateuch
Pharaoh with Joseph and Moses in the Exodus 200 times in the Pentateuch
Pharaoh 7 times in Deuteronomy
Gen. 12:15 (x3), 17, 18, 20;
Gen. 37:36;
Gen. 39:1;
Gen. 40:2, 7, 11 (x3), 13 (x2), 14, 17, 19, 20, 21;
Gen. 41:1, 4, 7, 8 (x2), 9, 10, 14 (x2), 15, 16 (x2), 17, 25 (x3), 28 (x2), 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44 (x2), 45, 46 (x2); 55(x2);
Gen. 42:15, 16;
Gen. 44:18;
Gen. 45:2, 8, 16 (x2), 17, 21;
Gen. 46:5, 31, 33;
Gen. 47:1, 2, 3 (x2), 4, 5, 7 (x2), 8, 9, 10 (x2), 11, 14, 19, 20 (x2), 22 (x2), 23, 24, 25, 26 (x2);
Gen. 50:4 (x2), 6, 7;
 
Exod. 1:11, 19, 22
Exod. 2:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 (x2);
Exod. 3:10, 11;
Exod. 4:21, 22;
Exod. 5:1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23;
Exod. 6:1, 11, 12, 13, 27, 29, 30;
Exod. 7:1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 (x2), 10 (x2), 11, 13, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 26;
Exod. 8:4, 5, 8 (x2), 11, 15 (x2), 16, 20, 21, 24, 25 (x2), 26, 27, 28;
Exod. 9:1, 7 (x2), 8, 10, 12, 13, 20, 27, 33, 34, 35;
Exod. 10:1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 16, 18, 20, 24, 27, 28;
Exod. 11:1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 (x2);
Exod. 12:29, 30;
Exod. 13:15, 17;
Exod. 14:3, 4 (x2), 5, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 23, 28;
Exod. 15:4, 19;
Exod. 18:4, 8, 10;
 
Deut. 6:21, 22;
Deut. 7:8, 18;
Deut. 11:3;
Deut. 29:1;
Deut. 34:11;
 
To suggest that Someone is manipulating the text is an understatement.  At one time, this writer suggested that Hebraic Meter is God’s order for heaven.  There is now an entirely different opinion.  We are looking at God’s order for humanity on earth.  This is no more proof for God’s order for heaven than DNA, molecular chemistry, and astrophysics are proof for God’s order for heaven.
 
The entire Bible is not written in multiples of 7s, 10s, and 12s, at least not as far as this writer is aware.  Rather, we are looking at key words and phrases placed in Hebraic Meter within the text by the Holy Spirit.  This does not prove the Doctrine of Inspiration any more than any other words in the Bible prove the Doctrine of Inspiration.  Rather it proves that the Holy Spirit also wrote the Bible with Hebraic Meter, along with at least 217 other literary devices recorded by Bullinger in his 1,000-page tome, “Figures of Speech Used in the Bible.”  Yet, many are convinced that the Holy Spirit has nothing to do with simile, metaphor, irony, and many more figures of speech in the text.
 
Some skeptics will inevitably come to the false conclusion that the author of Deuteronomy, who wrote the last seven repetitions of Pharaoh in the Torah (note the separation above), simply added enough words to create the meter.  Of course, this impossibility could take place only if the writer knew how many repetitions were in all the previous four books.  He would also need to know about the existence of all the other meter associated with the name Pharaoh, which has not been known for 3,500 years.  Whoever wrote the last repetition of Pharaoh wrote the 216th, 200th and 7th repetition.  The verse reads, for all the signs and wonders which the LORD sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land (Deut. 34:11).
 
The last phrase against Pharaoh has a preposition/prefix that can be translated as to, for, against, or according to, depending on context, and repeats exactly 24 times.
 
Against/ to/ for/ according to 24 times in the Pentateuch
לְפַרְעֹֽה (Gen 41:8)	לְפַרְעֹ֑ה (Gen 47:23)	לְפַרְעֹה (Exo 8:5)	
לְפַרְעֹֽה (Gen 41:25)	לְפַרְעֹ֑ה (Gen 47:24)	לְפַרְעֹֽה (Exo 8:8)	
לְפַרְעֹ֗ה (Gen 45:8)	לְפַרְעֹֽה (Gen 47:25)	לְפַרְעֹ֣ה (Exo 18:8)	
לְפַרְעֹ֑ה (Gen 46:31)	לְפַרְעֹ֖ה (Gen 47:26)	לְפַרְעֹ֖ה (Deu 6:21)	
לְפַרְעֹה (Gen 47:1)	לְפַרְעֹֽה (Gen 47:26)	לְפַרְעֹ֖ה (Deu 7:18)	
לְפַרְעֹ֔ה (Gen 47:19)	לְפַרְעֹ֔ה (Exo 1:11)	לְפַרְעֹ֥ה (Deu 11:3)	
לפַרְעֹ֔ה (Gen 47:20)	לְפַרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 6:1)	לְפַרְעֹ֥ה (Deu 29:1)	
לְפַרְעֹֽה (Gen 47:20)	לְפַרְעֹ֑ה (Exo 7:1)	לְפַרְעֹ֥ה (Deu 34:11)	
 
One thing is clear, the removal of just one repetition of Pharaoh would deconstruct the entire meter.  Therefore, we must have the original text, a conclusion that no seminary or university in this country will support.  Conservative seminary professors will rave about the Doctrine of Inspiration and then claim they do not have the original text, while university professors all know that such a position is absolute nonsense.  It is amazing what people will say and not say for a paycheck.
 
Many denominations still claim the Bible is inspired but then choose to reject any evidence that we have the original text.  It is as if God has hardened their hearts to reject what their eyes can plainly see.  It’s dumbfounding, but true—for all American seminaries; any evidence the Bible is filled with Hebraic Meter is utterly abhorrent.
 
For those who are seeking God in this world, it is a comforting fact to know we have the original words of Bible.