At the suggestion of Professor Brendan McKay a second set of tests was also made. In this second set of tests, the letters in each of the actual prophecies were randomized 1000 times to create a set of 1000 sample texts for each prophecy. The combination of the 4 sets of texts with the 2 randomization methods produced 8 results, summarized here. The probability column is the fraction of sample totals having an ELS count equal to or greater than the actual count. It is therefore the probability of getting the actual count or greater at random from the sample sets.
Smaller numbers are more significant.
Generally a number of 0.05 or lower is considered statistically significant. Each of the 8 reported results is based on an average of 3 runs under identical conditions but with a different stream of random numbers. Yeshua Some of the Joshua spellings were found in the sample sets, but none were found in the prophecies. The 4th list was rerun to build a baseline for Yeshua ELSs only. In that test, eliminating Joshua ELSs from consideration reduced the probability from 0.22 to 0.18.