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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Tribes</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/t/tribes.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/matthew/19-28.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/t/tribes.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Tribes</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/naves/t/tribe_of_zebulun--twelve_thousand_sealed.htm" title="Tribe of Zebulun: Twelve Thousand Sealed">◄</a> Tribes <a href="/topical/t/tribes_and_clans.htm" title="Tribes and Clans">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>In the biblical context, the term "tribes" primarily refers to the twelve tribes of Israel, which are foundational to the narrative of the Old Testament. These tribes trace their lineage to the twelve sons of Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel (<a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a>). The twelve sons are Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. Each son became the progenitor of a tribe, forming the nation of Israel. Formation and Significance The tribes of Israel are first enumerated in <a href="/bsb/genesis/49.htm">Genesis 49</a>, where Jacob blesses his sons and prophesies their futures. The tribes are later listed in various contexts, such as in the census taken in the wilderness (Numbers 1) and the division of the Promised Land (Joshua 13-21). The tribes are central to the identity and organization of the Israelite people, each with its own territory, leaders, and roles within the nation. Levi and Joseph The tribe of Levi is unique among the tribes. Instead of receiving a territorial inheritance, the Levites were set apart for religious duties, serving as priests and caretakers of the Tabernacle and later the Temple (<a href="/numbers/3-5.htm">Numbers 3:5-13</a>). The tribe of Joseph is divided into two half-tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh, named after Joseph's sons. This division maintains the number of tribes at twelve, even though Levi did not receive a land inheritance. Role in Israel's History The tribes played significant roles throughout Israel's history. During the conquest of Canaan, the tribes acted both collectively and independently to secure their allotted territories. In the period of the Judges, tribal alliances and conflicts were common, as seen in the accounts of Deborah and Barak (Judges 4-5) and the civil war against the tribe of Benjamin (Judges 20). The tribes also had a political dimension, particularly during the united monarchy under Saul, David, and Solomon. After Solomon's reign, the kingdom divided into the northern kingdom of Israel, consisting of ten tribes, and the southern kingdom of Judah, which included Judah and Benjamin (1 Kings 12). This division had lasting implications for the history and identity of the Israelite people. Prophetic and Eschatological Significance The tribes of Israel hold prophetic significance, particularly in the context of eschatology. The prophets often speak of a future restoration and reunification of the tribes. For instance, Ezekiel envisions a time when the divided kingdoms will be united under one king (<a href="/ezekiel/37-15.htm">Ezekiel 37:15-28</a>). The New Testament also reflects this theme, as seen in the Book of Revelation, where 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel are sealed (<a href="/revelation/7-4.htm">Revelation 7:4-8</a>). Spiritual and Theological Themes The concept of tribes extends beyond mere genealogical or territorial divisions. It reflects the covenant relationship between God and His people. The tribes are a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They also illustrate the diversity and unity within the people of God, each tribe contributing uniquely to the nation's identity and mission. Biblical Quotations · <a href="/genesis/49-28.htm">Genesis 49:28</a> : "These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing." · <a href="/numbers/1-52.htm">Numbers 1:52</a> : "The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard." · <a href="/revelation/7-4.htm">Revelation 7:4</a> : "And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel." The tribes of Israel remain a central theme in biblical theology, symbolizing God's enduring covenant and the hope of restoration and unity among His people.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1429.htm">1429. dodekaphulon -- the twelve tribes</a> ... the twelve tribes. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: dodekaphulon Phonetic Spelling: (do-dek-af'-oo-lon) Short Definition: the Twelve Tribes of ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1429.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2194.htm">2194. Zaboulon -- Zebulun, a son of Jacob and one of the Isr. ...</a> ... tribes. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Zaboulon Phonetic Spelling: (dzab-oo-lone') Short Definition: Zebulon Definition: Zebulon ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2194.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/958.htm">958. Beniamin -- Benjamin, one of the twelve Isr. tribes</a> ... tribes. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Beniamin Phonetic Spelling: (ben-ee-am-een') Short Definition: Benjamin Definition: Benjamin ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/958.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/768.htm">768. Aser -- Asher, one of the twelve Isr. tribes</a> ... tribes. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Aser Phonetic Spelling: (as-ayr') Short Definition: Asher Definition: Asher, one of the sons ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/768.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2455.htm">2455. Ioudas -- Judah, Judas, the name of several Israelites, also ...</a> ... 2454, 2455. Ioudas. 2456 . Judah, Judas, the name of several Israelites, also one of the twelve tribes of Isr., also the Southern kingdom. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2455.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2475b.htm">2475b. Issachar -- Issachar, one of the twelve tribes of Isr.</a> ... Issachar. 2476 . Issachar, one of the twelve tribes of Isr. ... Word Origin of Hebrew origin Yissaskar Definition Issachar, one of the twelve tribes of Isr. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2475b.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/5443.htm">5443. phule -- a clan or tribe</a> ... Jacob (Israel). Word Origin from phuo Definition a clan or tribe NASB Word Usage tribe (23), tribes (8). kindred, tribe. From phuo ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5443.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1045.htm">1045. Gad -- Gad, a tribe of Isr.</a> ... of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Gad Phonetic Spelling: (gad) Short Definition: Gad Definition: Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1045.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3061.htm">3061. Yehud -- the S. kingdom, named for one of the twelve tribes</a> ... 3060, 3061. Yehud. 3062 . the S. kingdom, named for one of the twelve tribes. Transliteration: Yehud Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-hood') Short Definition: Judah ... /hebrew/3061.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1719.htm">1719. Dedan -- a descendant of Ham, also a descendant of Abraham ...</a> ... Dedan or Dedaneh. 1720 . a descendant of Ham, also a descendant of Abraham, also the tribes desc. ... of Ham, also a desc. of Abraham, also the tribes desc. ... /hebrew/1719.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3355.htm">3355. Yoqtan -- a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several ...</a> ... Yoqtan. 3356 . a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes. Transliteration: Yoqtan Phonetic Spelling: (yok-tawn') Short Definition: Joktan. ... /hebrew/3355.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm">7626. shebet -- rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe</a> ... 7625, 7626. shebet. 7627 . rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. Transliteration: shebet Phonetic Spelling: (shay'-bet) Short Definition: tribes. ... /hebrew/7626.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7625.htm">7625. shebat -- a tribe</a> ... 7624, 7625. shebat. 7626 . a tribe. Transliteration: shebat Phonetic Spelling: (sheb-at') Short Definition: tribes. Word Origin ... /hebrew/7625.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4294.htm">4294. matteh -- a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe</a> ... branch (3), branches (1), half-tribe* (13), rod (18), rods (6), scepter (2), spears (1), staff (33), staffs (1), supply (1), tribal (8), tribe (140), tribes (20 ... /hebrew/4294.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1622.htm">1622. Girgashi -- a native tribe of Canaan</a> ... Girgashite, Girgasite. Patrial from an unused name (of uncertain derivation); a Girgashite, one of the native tribes of Canaan -- Girgashite, Girgasite. ... /hebrew/1622.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/523.htm">523. ummah -- a tribe, people</a> ... people. Word Origin from the same as em Definition a tribe, people NASB Word Usage people (1), peoples (1), tribes (1). nation, people. ... /hebrew/523.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7614.htm">7614. Sheba -- a territory in SW Arabia, also the name of one or ...</a> ... Sheba, Sabeans. Of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district -- Sheba, Sabeans. 7613, 7614. ... /hebrew/7614.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/567.htm">567. Emori -- perhaps "mountain dwellers," a Canaanite tribe</a> ... from an unused name derived from 'amar in the sense of publicity, ie Prominence; thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes -- Amorite. ... /hebrew/567.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_62_the_disposition_of.htm">The Disposition of the Tribes in Galilee.</a> ... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 61-70 Chapter 62 The disposition of the tribes in Galilee. The country of Samaria contained only ... /.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 62 the disposition of.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_8_how_upon_the.htm">How, Upon the Death of Solomon the People Forsook his Son Rehoboam ...</a> ... CHAPTER 8. How, Upon The Death Of Solomon The People Forsook His Son Rehoboam, And Ordained Jeroboam King Over The Ten Tribes. 1 ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 how upon the.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_14_how_shalmaneser_took.htm">How Shalmaneser Took Samaria by Force and How He Transplanted the ...</a> ... BOOK IX. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Fifty-Seven Years. From The Death Of Ahab To The Captivity Of The Ten Tribes. CHAPTER 14. ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 14 how shalmaneser took.htm<a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_xviii_we_learn_from.htm">We Learn from the Fact of the Separation of the Ten Tribes from ...</a> ... Book II. Chapter XVIII. We learn from the fact of the separation of the ten tribes from King Rehoboam? We learn from the fact ... /.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xviii we learn from.htm<a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_24_that_the_seven_sages.htm">That the Seven Sages Flourished in the Reign of Romulus, when the ...</a> ... Chapter 24."That the Seven Sages Flourished in the Reign of Romulus, When the Ten Tribes Which Were Called Israel Were Led into Captivity by the Chaldeans ... /.../augustine/city of god/chapter 24 that the seven sages.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_5_how_moses_conquered.htm">How Moses Conquered Sihon and Og Kings of the Amorites, and ...</a> ... CHAPTER 5. How Moses Conquered Sihon And Og Kings Of The Amorites, And Destroyed Their Whole Army And Then Divided Their Land By Lot To Two Tribes And A Half ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 how moses conquered.htm<a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_6_the_rending_of.htm">The Rending of the Kingdom</a> ... Soon after his accession to the throne, Rehoboam went to Shechem, where he expected to receive formal recognition from all the tribes. ... /.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 6 the rending of.htm<a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_lxxvi.htm">Psalm LXXVI.</a> ... For all this people after the number of the twelve sons of Jacob, had twelve tribes. What we call tribes are as it were distinct ... /.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxvi.htm<a href="/library/gerberding/the_way_of_salvation_in_the_lutheran_church/chapter_vi_joshua.htm">Joshua.</a> ... (1) The Independent Tribes. ... 6. Summary, Ch.12. II. Division of Lands, Chs.13-22. 1. Territory of the different tribes, Chs.13-19. 2. Cities of Refuge, Ch.20. ... /.../gerberding/the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter vi joshua.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_17_1871/praises_and_vows_accepted_in.htm">Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion</a> ... thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: but in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/praises and vows accepted in.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/t/tribes.htm">Tribes (141 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Tribes (141 Occurrences). ... You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ... /t/tribes.htm - 41k<a href="/topical/t/tribal.htm">Tribal (25 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter. Multi-Version Concordance Tribal (25 Occurrences). ... /t/tribal.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/c/chaldeans.htm">Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)</a> ... erets kasdim; Chaldaia, Chaldaioi): 1. Geographical Position Seats of the Chaldeans 2. Originally Sumero-Akkadian 3. History of the Chaldean Tribes 4. Merodach ... /c/chaldeans.htm - 48k<a href="/topical/e/ed.htm">Ed (1 Occurrence)</a> ... on the east side of the Jordan, in the land of Gilead, "over against the land of Canaan." After the division of the Promised Land, the tribes of Reuben and Gad ... /e/ed.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/a/apportioned.htm">Apportioned (24 Occurrences)</a> ... YLT). Numbers 26:55 Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit; (YLT). Numbers ... /a/apportioned.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/c/chaldea.htm">Chaldea (8 Occurrences)</a> ... erets kasdim; Chaldaia, Chaldaioi): 1. Geographical Position Seats of the Chaldeans 2. Originally Sumero-Akkadian 3. History of the Chaldean Tribes 4. Merodach ... /c/chaldea.htm - 25k<a href="/topical/p/period.htm">Period (43 Occurrences)</a> ... MAIN EVENTS 1. Struggles of Individual Tribes 2. Civil Strife 3. The Six Invasions 4. Need of Central Government V. RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS VI. ... /p/period.htm - 34k<a href="/topical/d/distributed.htm">Distributed (30 Occurrences)</a> ... Numbers 26:55 But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given ... /d/distributed.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/m/medes.htm">Medes (15 Occurrences)</a> ... Herodotus confounds the Medes here with the Manda (or Umman-Manda, "hosts of the Manda") of the inscriptions; but these were probably Aryan tribes, possibly of ... /m/medes.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/b/breastplate.htm">Breastplate (45 Occurrences)</a> ... On each stone was engraved the name of one of the twelve tribes (Exodus 28:15-29; 39:8-21). It was in size about ten inches square. ... /b/breastplate.htm - 24k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/lost-tribes-Israel.html">What happened to the lost tribes of Israel? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/twelve-tribes-Israel.html">What are the twelve tribes of Israel? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jacob-blessing-tribes.html">Did the geographic positioning of the tribes fulfill Jacob's blessing? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Tribes (141 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a> Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30</a> and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/luke/22-30.htm">Luke 22:30</a> that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/4-27.htm">Acts 4:27</a> "They did indeed assemble in this city in hostility to Thy holy Servant Jesus whom Thou hadst anointed--Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel-- (WEY)<a href="/acts/26-7.htm">Acts 26:7</a> which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa! (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/james/1-1.htm">James 1:1</a> James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">Revelation 1:7</a> Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen. (WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/revelation/7-4.htm">Revelation 7:4</a> And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. (KJV WEY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9</a> After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. (WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9</a> From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. (WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/revelation/21-12.htm">Revelation 21:12</a> having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/25-16.htm">Genesis 25:16</a> These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/49-16.htm">Genesis 49:16</a> "Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/49-28.htm">Genesis 49:28</a> All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Exodus 24:4</a> Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/28-21.htm">Exodus 28:21</a> The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/39-14.htm">Exodus 39:14</a> The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/1-16.htm">Numbers 1:16</a> These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/7-2.htm">Numbers 7:2</a> that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were numbered: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/numbers/10-4.htm">Numbers 10:4</a> If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. (See RSV)<a href="/numbers/10-5.htm">Numbers 10:5</a> When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward. (See NIV)<a href="/numbers/13-2.htm">Numbers 13:2</a> Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.' (See NAS)<a href="/numbers/17-2.htm">Numbers 17:2</a> "Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write every man's name on his rod. (See NIV)<a href="/numbers/17-6.htm">Numbers 17:6</a> Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. (See NIV)<a href="/numbers/24-2.htm">Numbers 24:2</a> Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/numbers/26-55.htm">Numbers 26:55</a> Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/numbers/30-1.htm">Numbers 30:1</a> Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/31-4.htm">Numbers 31:4</a> Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/32-28.htm">Numbers 32:28</a> So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/33-54.htm">Numbers 33:54</a> You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/34-13.htm">Numbers 34:13</a> Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/34-15.htm">Numbers 34:15</a> the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/35-8.htm">Numbers 35:8</a> And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.' (See RSV)<a href="/numbers/36-3.htm">Numbers 36:3</a> If they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/36-8.htm">Numbers 36:8</a> And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be married to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every one the inheritance of his fathers, (DBY YLT)<a href="/numbers/36-9.htm">Numbers 36:9</a> So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave everyone to his own inheritance." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/1-13.htm">Deuteronomy 1:13</a> Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/1-15.htm">Deuteronomy 1:15</a> So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">Deuteronomy 5:23</a> It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a> But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Deuteronomy 12:14</a> but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18</a> You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/18-5.htm">Deuteronomy 18:5</a> For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/27-12.htm">Deuteronomy 27:12</a> "These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">Deuteronomy 29:10</a> You stand this day all of you before Yahweh your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Deuteronomy 29:21</a> Yahweh will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Deuteronomy 31:28</a> Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/33-5.htm">Deuteronomy 33:5</a> He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/3-12.htm">Joshua 3:12</a> Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/4-5.htm">Joshua 4:5</a> Joshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/4-8.htm">Joshua 4:8</a> The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/7-14.htm">Joshua 7:14</a> "'In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which Yahweh selects shall come near by families. The family which Yahweh selects shall come near by households. The household which Yahweh selects shall come near man by man. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/7-16.htm">Joshua 7:16</a> So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/joshua/11-23.htm">Joshua 11:23</a> So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/joshua/12-7.htm">Joshua 12:7</a> These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/13-7.htm">Joshua 13:7</a> Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/13-14.htm">Joshua 13:14</a> Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. (KJV)<a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">Joshua 14:1</a> These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2</a> by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Joshua 14:3</a> For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/14-4.htm">Joshua 14:4</a> For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their livestock and for their property. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/18-2.htm">Joshua 18:2</a> Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/18-11.htm">Joshua 18:11</a> And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families; and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. (See NIV)<a href="/joshua/19-51.htm">Joshua 19:51</a> These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Joshua 21:1</a> Then the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/21-4.htm">Joshua 21:4</a> And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. (BBE RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/21-5.htm">Joshua 21:5</a> The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh. (BBE NIV)<a href="/joshua/21-6.htm">Joshua 21:6</a> The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan. (BBE NIV)<a href="/joshua/21-7.htm">Joshua 21:7</a> The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun. (BBE NIV)<a href="/joshua/21-9.htm">Joshua 21:9</a> From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name: (BBE NIV)<a href="/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16</a> Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14</a> and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/joshua/23-4.htm">Joshua 23:4</a> Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1</a> Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/18-1.htm">Judges 18:1</a> In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/20-2.htm">Judges 20:2</a> The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/20-10.htm">Judges 20:10</a> and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/20-12.htm">Judges 20:12</a> The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that is happen among you? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Judges 21:5</a> The children of Israel said, "Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh?" For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/21-8.htm">Judges 21:8</a> They said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah?" Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/21-15.htm">Judges 21:15</a> The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/21-24.htm">Judges 21:24</a> And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. (See NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/2-28.htm">1 Samuel 2:28</a> Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/9-21.htm">1 Samuel 9:21</a> Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/10-19.htm">1 Samuel 10:19</a> but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him,' No, but set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/10-20.htm">1 Samuel 10:20</a> So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/15-17.htm">1 Samuel 15:17</a> Samuel said, "Though you were little in your own sight, weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1</a> Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/7-7.htm">2 Samuel 7:7</a> In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying,'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"' (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_samuel/15-2.htm">2 Samuel 15:2</a> Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, "What city are you from?" He said, "Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/15-10.htm">2 Samuel 15:10</a> But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,'Absalom is king in Hebron!'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/19-9.htm">2 Samuel 19:9</a> All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/20-14.htm">2 Samuel 20:14</a> He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/24-2.htm">2 Samuel 24:2</a> The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, "Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">1 Kings 8:1</a> Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm">1 Kings 8:16</a> 'Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.' (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_kings/11-31.htm">1 Kings 11:31</a> He said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/11-32.htm">1 Kings 11:32</a> (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel); (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/11-35.htm">1 Kings 11:35</a> but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">1 Kings 14:21</a> Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/concordance/t/tribes2.htm"></a><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel_were_twelve_in_number.htm">The Tribes of Israel were Twelve in Number</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--all_inheritance_to_remain_in_the_tribe_and_family_to_which.htm">The Tribes of Israel: All Inheritance to Remain in the Tribe and Family to Which</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--canaan_divided_amongst_nine_and_a_half_of,_by_lot.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Canaan Divided Amongst Nine and a Half of, by Lot</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--canaan_to_be_divided_amongst_according_to_their_numbers.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Canaan to be Divided Amongst According to Their Numbers</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--descended_from_jacob's_sons.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Descended from Jacob's Sons</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--divided_into_four_divisions_while_in_the_wilderness.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Divided Into Four Divisions While in the Wilderness</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--divided_on_mounts_ebal_and_gerizim_to_hear_the_law.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Divided on Mounts Ebal and Gerizim to Hear the Law</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--each_family_of,_had_a_chief_or_head.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Each Family of, had a Chief or Head</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--each_of_divided_into_families.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Each of Divided Into Families</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--each_of_under_a_president_or_chief.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Each of Under a President or Chief</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--each_of_usually_furnished_an_equal_number_of_men_for_war.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Each of Usually Furnished an Equal Number of Men for War</a><a 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href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--reuben,_gad_and_half_manasseh_were_required_to_assist_in_subduing_canaan.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Reuben, Gad and Half Manasseh were Required to Assist in Subduing Canaan</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--reuben,_gad_and_half_manasseh--settled_on_east_side_of_jordan.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Reuben, Gad and Half Manasseh: Settled on East Side of Jordan</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--situation_of,_and_bounds_of_the_inheritance_of_each.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Situation of, and Bounds of the Inheritance of Each</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--total_strength_of,_on_entering_the_land_of_canaan.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Total Strength of, on Entering the Land of Canaan</a><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_tribes_of_israel--total_strength_of,_on_leaving_egypt.htm">The Tribes of Israel: Total Strength of, on Leaving Egypt</a><a href="/topical/t/tribes.htm">Tribes</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div 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