As Beckmann points out, "Archimedes started with a hexagon and progressively doubling the number of sides he arrived at a polygon of 96 sides, which yielded pi as 3 1/7, or 3.142857." ⁷ The importance of relating pi to septenary units is obvious in a Biblical light when we consider God's abundant use of the number seven in His ordering of Creation. Some of this evidence is covered in our website essay on the Calendar of the Israel. This ratio of 22/7 is also intriguing because it expresses the ratio between the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, in relation to its seven vowels. This is a supporting factor in the idea that the roots of writing & the first alphabet originate in the celestial gospel. As the first "written" revelation to mankind, the stars in this gospel were named and numbered by God [Ps. 147:4]. The divine message of the coming redeemer and the means God chose to deliver it, thus provide the sacred foundation of all language and mathematics. As the divine original source of this wisdom, the witness of the stars was above reproach. The pi ratio expressed as 22/7, reflects this perfection of the celestial gospel, in at least the mathematical, geometrical and linguistic contexts.
  This trend continued when God's media of revelation transitioned to the written word, when God first wrote the 10 Commandments in precious stone, which Moses the Lawgiver delivered to the people of the Nation Israel. This marked the start of the Mosaic Law Administration. The Canon of truth for the Patriarchal Administration was the celestial gospel, given directly by God, but is was up to men to apply these truths according to the principles of this system God put into place. Even so the Law began with writings from "the finger of God," but transitioned to the written Scriptures given by revelation from God, to "holy men of God, who spake as they were moved by the holy spirit" [II Pet. 1:21]. During this transition from the Patriarchal to the Law Administrations, men became the carriers of the divine message, and the potential for corruption was introduced into the equation. The Human Will must be freely subject to the Will of God to keep the corruption out in both divine systems of revelation. This brings us to the answer that lies beneath the surface of I Kings 7 as it relates to the ancient Gematria of the Hebrew language. Men like Dr. E.W. Bullinger in his book; Number in Scripture, reveal the details of this subject. We will only scratch the surface here. but before we do let's consider one final point connected with septenary measuring units. 
The following note from Keil and Delitzsch' Commentary on I Kings 7:23 below, adds support to the application of pi relating to septenary units as seen in the brazen sea above, [3.142857]
and the knowledge of its application by the ancient Hebrews, via revelation from God, in the dimensions of the Temple and its sacred furniture and accessories.   

"The brazen sea (cf. 2Ch. 4:2-5). - “He made the molten sea - a water-basin called יָם (mare) on account of its size - ten cubits from the one upper rim to the other,” i.e., in diameter measured from the upper rim to the one opposite to it, “rounded all round, and five cubits its (external) height, and a line of thirty cubits encircled it round about,” i.e., it was thirty cubits in circumference. The Chethib קוה is to be read קָוֶה here and in Zech. 1:16 and Jer. 31:39, for which the Keri has קָו in all these passages. קָוֶה or קָו means a line for measuring, which is expressed in 1Ki. 7:15 by חוּט. The relation of the diameter to the circumference is expressed in whole numbers which come very near to the mathematical proportions. The more exact proportions would be as 7 to 22, or 113 to 355.”⁸  [emphasis mine]

 The septenary relation to pi uncovers the link between the pi and phi ratio, through the popular Fibonacci Series. This link makes it possible to obtain pi without the need for measuring! This is illustrated in the following quote from Livio Stechini:

"It is possible to use the Fibonacci Series to obtain an accurate relation for the diameter of the circle to its circumference, without recourse to pi. In the Fibonnacci series of 21, 34, 55, if 21 is taken as the diameter of a circle, its circumference will be 55 x 6/5 = 66, accurate to the one thousandth part, giving the Great Pyramid value of pi as 22/7 = 3.142857. Higher numbers in the fibonacci series provide increasingly finer values in whole numbers accurate to one ten-thousandth part. Prolonging the series to 80, 144, 233, 377, 610... a diameter of 144 (4 x 576) gives a circumference of 377 x 6/5 or a pi value of 3.1415. A diameter of 233= a circumference of 610 x 6/5 or a pi value of 3.1416..."⁹      
            

Plate 1. The Pi and Phi Ratios in the Great Pyramid

  This mathematical affinity between pi and phi (pi= ز x 6/5, equivalent to 2.618 x 6/5 = 3.1416) will be further expounded in our essay on the Great Pyramid, especially in the relation between its base and height as seen in Plate 1 above. Now lets look beneath the surface of I Kings 7. The Hebrew word for "line" in verse 23 is normally spelled with two Hebrew letters, but as Jochen Katz points out; this word is written with an extra letter.¹⁰ A subject that has gotten much attention of late is "Bible codes." These codes are revealed with the use of the numerical values of the letters of the Hebrew and Greek languages, used in the Bible. E.W. Bullinger captured the essence of this referring to "the supernatural design in the use of number both in the Works of God and in the Word of God." He delineates four topics below in his book Number in Scripture:

1. Numbers of things mentioned.
2. Numbers of words and things.
3. Numbers of words used for a thing.
4. Numbers formed by the letters of the words themselves.

 The last category above, the ancients called Gematria.¹¹ Since the letters of the Hebrew alphabet are used instead of numbers, each letter has a numerical value. As Jochen Katz points out: "we can take the ratio of (the gematriacal value of "qav") in its unusual word form (having three letters), to the regular word form with two letters which is 111/106."¹² The value of this ratio (1.047198) when multiplied by the Bible's basic value of pi; (3) gives the result of 3.1415, or pi accurate to five digits! This formula is revealing because it employs the computation of a ratio hidden in the number values of the Hebrew language, to yield a higher degree of mathematical accuracy for the pi ratio, than its surface value of 3. This information is useful when we consider the application of pi in the Great Pyramid, and in light of the other Biblical uses of this word "qav," that we have just touched upon.
   This sub-surface enlightening of how pi is used in the Bible again stretches the envelope of the historical awareness of the scientific sophistication in the ancient world. Since this expertise is revealed as an aspect of the dimensions of the sacred furniture of the Temple and Tabernacle, it makes sense that God's knowledge of these matters would far exceed human knowledge. This is exactly what Isaiah tells us: 

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