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Twelve Tribes of Israel

Index Twelve Tribes of Israel

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Twelve Tribes of Israel or Tribes of Israel (שבטי ישראל) were said to have descended from the 12 sons of the patriarch Jacob (who was later named Israel) by two wives, Leah and Rachel, and two concubines, Zilpah and Bilhah. [1]

45 relations: Asenath, Babylonian captivity, Bilhah, Book of Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Revelation, Christian, Concubinage, Ephraim, Ezekiel, Gospel, Israelites, Jacob, Jesus, Jewish Encyclopedia, Jewish Virtual Library, Joseph (Genesis), Joshua, Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingship and kingdom of God, Leaders of the tribes of Israel, Leah, Manasses, New Jerusalem, New Testament, Parallel passage, Rachel, Tanakh, Ten Lost Tribes, Tribe of Asher, Tribe of Benjamin, Tribe of Dan, Tribe of Ephraim, Tribe of Gad, Tribe of Issachar, Tribe of Joseph, Tribe of Judah, Tribe of Levi, Tribe of Manasseh, Tribe of Naphtali, Tribe of Reuben, Tribe of Simeon, Tribe of Zebulun, Zilpah, 144,000.

Asenath

Asenath, Asenith and Osnat is a figure in the Book of Genesis (41:45, 41:50-52), an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife.

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Babylonian captivity

The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Jewish history during which a number of people from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylonia.

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Bilhah

Bilhah (בִּלְהָה "unworried", Standard Hebrew Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew Bilhâ) is a person mentioned in the Book of Genesis.

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Book of Joshua

The Book of Joshua (ספר יהושע) is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) and the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.

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Book of Judges

The Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים) is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

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Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation, often called the Revelation to John, the Apocalypse of John, The Revelation, or simply Revelation or Apocalypse (and often misquoted as Revelations), is a book of the New Testament that occupies a central place in Christian eschatology.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Concubinage

Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship in which the couple are not or cannot be married.

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Ephraim

Ephraim; (Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם/אֶפְרָיִם, Standard Efráyim Tiberian ʾEp̄ráyim/ʾEp̄rāyim) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph and Asenath.

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Ezekiel

Ezekiel (יְחֶזְקֵאל Y'ḥezqēl) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.

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Gospel

Gospel is the Old English translation of Greek εὐαγγέλιον, evangelion, meaning "good news".

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Israelites

The Israelites (בני ישראל Bnei Yisra'el) were a confederation of Iron Age Semitic-speaking tribes of the ancient Near East, who inhabited a part of Canaan during the tribal and monarchic periods.

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Jacob

Jacob, later given the name Israel, is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites.

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Jesus

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Jewish Encyclopedia

The Jewish Encyclopedia is an English encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism and the Jews up to the early 20th century.

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Jewish Virtual Library

The Jewish Virtual Library ("JVL", formerly known as JSOURCE) is an online encyclopedia published by the American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE).

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Joseph (Genesis)

Joseph (יוֹסֵף meaning "Increase", Standard Yosef Tiberian Yôsēp̄; يوسف Yūsuf or Yūsif; Ἰωσήφ Iōsēph) is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis.

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Joshua

Joshua or Jehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yehōšuʿa) or Isho (Aramaic: ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܒܲܪ ܢܘܿܢ Eesho Bar Non) is the central figure in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua.

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Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)

The United Monarchy is the name given to the Israelite kingdom of Israel and Judah, during the reigns of Saul, David and Solomon, as depicted in the Hebrew Bible.

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Kingship and kingdom of God

The concept of the kingship of God appears in all Abrahamic religions, where in some cases the terms Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven are also used.

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Leaders of the tribes of Israel

The Torah gives several lists of leaders of the tribes of Israel.

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Leah

Leah is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Laban.

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Manasses

Manasses or Manasseh (Mənaše) is a biblical Hebrew name for men.

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New Jerusalem

In the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, New Jerusalem (Jehovah-shammah, or " YHWH there") is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centered on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era.

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New Testament

The New Testament (Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, trans. Hē Kainḕ Diathḗkē; Novum Testamentum) is the second part of the Christian biblical canon, the first part being the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew Bible.

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Parallel passage

In Christian theology, a parallel passage is a passage in another portion of the Bible which describes the same event.

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Rachel

Rachel (meaning ewe) was a Biblical figure best known for her infertility.

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Tanakh

The Tanakh (or; also Tenakh, Tenak, Tanach), also called the Mikra or Hebrew Bible, is the canonical collection of Jewish texts, which is also a textual source for the Christian Old Testament.

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Ten Lost Tribes

The ten lost tribes were the ten of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel that were said to have been deported from the Kingdom of Israel after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire circa 722 BCE.

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Tribe of Asher

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Benjamin

According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin (Hebrew: שֵׁבֶט בִּנְיָמִֽן, Shevet Binyamin) was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Dan

The Tribe of Dan, meaning, "Judge," was one of the tribes of Israel, according to the Torah.

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Tribe of Ephraim

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim was one of the Tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Gad

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Gad was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

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Tribe of Issachar

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Joseph

The Tribe of Joseph is one of the Tribes of Israel in biblical tradition.

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Tribe of Judah

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah (Shevet Yehudah, "Praise") was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Levi

According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Levi, son of Jacob.

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Tribe of Manasseh

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Manasseh was one of the Tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Naphtali

The Tribe of Naphtali was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Reuben

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Reuben was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Simeon

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Tribe of Zebulun

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Zebulun (alternatively rendered as Zabulon, Zabulin, Zabulun, Zebulon) was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Zilpah

In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah (זִלְפָּה "meaning uncertain," Standard Hebrew Zilpa, Tiberian Hebrew Zilpāh) was Leah's handmaid, whom Leah gave to Jacob "to wife" to bear him children.

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144,000

144,000 is a natural number.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tribes_of_Israel

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