TES Bible Scholar, an "old" DOS program, is used to block a pasuk in Tanach and calculate its G'matriya. Otzrot Yisrael, Bar Ilan CD, takes a number and outputs list of p'sukim or partial p'sukim whose G'matriyas are the inputted number. The G'matriya matches (GM) that result sometimes point to interesting comments or observations.Such as...

Vayikra 26:11 is part of the pre-Tochacha promises of what will happen if we follow G-d's mitzvot - "And I will place My Mishkan among you..." The G'matriya of this pasuk is 3215. It matches exactly 2 other p'sukim in the Torah, each with a different kind of disregard of the commands and promises of "If you will followMy ways...". The opening pasuk of this week's sedra, "And Korach... took... and Datan & Aviram..." introduces us to a prime example of a of serious challenge to G-d's authority (so to speak). Bamidbar 35:18 deals with murder. Korach's supposed motives were to be able to be more holy, without the "restrictions" imposedby G-d through Moshe Rabeinu. Murder is a very different, opposite, kind of behavior, yet both are rejections of G-d's Laws, and as such stand in clear opposition to the first of the three p'sukim.

Remember: The fact that the three p'sukim referred to in the above piece have the same G'matriya does not affect the comment made. It just points to the p'sukim and "asks" if there is a point that can be made. These G'matriyot are not meant to prove anything. It feels (to me) like walking along the beach and finding a prettyshell or a beautiful smooth stone with an interesting color pattern. U's'funei T'munei Chol...

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Very similar to the first UTC above, we have another statement of G-d's "offer" to us, His "deal" with us - Shmot 34:11, "Guard to yourselves that which I command you today, (if so,) I will chase out before you (from the Land) the Emori, Canaanites..." If we would do that properly, if we would keep the Mitzvot, then wewill merit reaching the point described in Vayikra 6:8, which describes the bringing of a Mincha offering, including its being "pleasing" before G-d. This should be the result of our proper behavior, in contrast to Bamidbar 16:3 (from our sedra), which describes the Korach-mob which descended upon Moshe and Aharon withtheir challenge against their authority. These 3 p'sukim have the same G'matriya, 4347.

Extra point: for each of the three-way GMs above, in each case, we are dealing with the only three p'sukim in the Chumash with the specific G'matriya. This is not usually so. More often than not, I just ignore other matching p'sukim that don't fit the point being made.

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Bamidbar 17:3 tells us that the fire-pans of the (250) sinners were to be beaten into copper plating for the Mizbei'ach, because they offered (incense) before G-d and they were sanctified by that act - and this shall be a sign for Bnei Yisrael. Signs for us come in different forms for different purposes and reminders. Take,for example, Shmot 31:17 - Between Me and Bnei Yisrael it (the Shabbat) is an eternal sign that G-d created the Heavens and the Earth and that on the Seventh day He "rested"... These two are not only different signs, they are different kinds of signs. Their common denominators between the two p'sukim are the word (andconcept) SIGN... and the G'matriya, 5971.

Once again... G'matriya matches don't prove anything. But they can focus you onto something of interest.