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The Twelve Tribes of Israel (Hebrew: שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל , romanized: Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit. 'Tribes of Israel') are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the descendants of the biblical patriarch Jacob (also known as Israel), who collectively form the Israelite nation.
- Reuben
Detailed map of Reuben (Thomas Fuller, 1869; east is at the...
- Tribe of Dan
Revelation 7:4–8 mentions that people from the twelve tribes...
- Tribe of Levi
According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the...
- GAD
Territory of Gad on an 1852 map. According to the Bible, the...
- Ten Lost Tribes
Map of the twelve tribes of Israel according to the Book of...
- Black Judaism
Black Judaism is Judaism that is practiced by communities of...
- Simeon
In Revelation 7:7, the Tribe of Simeon is once again listed...
- Manasseh
Territory allotted to the twelve tribes of Israel; Manasseh...
- Ephraim
Ephraim (/ ˈ iː f r iː ə m /; Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם ʾEp̄rayīm,...
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The Bene Ephraim (Hebrew: בני אפריים) Bnei Ephraim ("Sons of...
- Reuben
Twelve Tribes of Israel, in the Bible, the Hebrew people who, after the death of Moses, took possession of the Promised Land of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua. The tribes were named after the sons or grandsons of Jacob (Israel). Learn more about the Twelve Tribes of Israel in this article.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
They were organized into 12 tribes: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph (or Tribe of Ephraim and Tribe of Manasseh) and Benjamin. Originally, they went to Egypt after a famine in Canaan but were enslaved by the Egyptians. [60]
- Judah. The tribe of kings, and the most preeminent of the 12 tribes in the biblical narrative. Judah “prevailed over his brothers,” (1 Chronicles 5:2), and the tribe’s territory included the city of Jerusalem and the holy temple.
- Reuben. Descended from Jacob’s firstborn, whom Jacob said was as “uncontrolled as water” (Genesis 49:4). The tribe chose not to settle in the Promised Land, and instead asked Moses for some of the territory that they conquered east of the Jordan River.
- Simeon. The man Simeon (with his brother Levi) slaughtered the men of an entire city to avenge his sister (Genesis 34:25–31). The tribe’s portion of land was within the midst of Judah’s territory (Joshua 19:1); however, Simeon did not grow as rapidly as Judah and seems to have dispersed across multiple territories (1 Chronicles 4:38–43; 2 Chronicles 15:8–9).
- Levi. The tribe of the priesthood. The tribe of Levi stood by Moses (a Levite) during the golden calf incident at Mount Sinai (Exodus 32:25–29), and later took their place as ministers to the tabernacle, and later the Temple.
Sep 6, 2021 · Article. by Rebecca Denova. published on 06 September 2021. Available in other languages: French, Indonesian, Spanish. The Twelve Tribes of Israel refer to the sons of the Jewish Patriarch Jacob and are important for the tribal lineages of those who constituted the nation of Israel.
- Rebecca Denova
Apr 2, 2019 · The tribes were Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim and Manasseh. The Torah, the Jewish Bible, teaches that each tribe was descended from a son of Jacob, the Hebrew forefather who became known as Israel. Modern scholars disagree. The Twelve Tribes in the Torah.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. The Twelve Tribes of Israel ( Hebrew: שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, romanized: Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit. 'Tribes of Israel') are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the descendants of the biblical patriarch Jacob (also known as Israel), who collectively form the Israelite nation.
