Joshua 4:8

The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as the LORD 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.

Joshua 4:12

The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.

Joshua 7:1

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore the LORD's anger burned against the children of Israel.

Joshua 7:14

"'In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which the LORD selects shall come near by families. The family which the LORD selects shall come near by households. The household which the LORD selects shall come near man by man.

Joshua 7:16

So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.

Joshua 7:18

He brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.

Joshua 11:23

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD 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.



Joshua 12:6

Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel struck them. Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 12:7

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;

Joshua 13:7

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."

Joshua 13:14

Only he gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The offerings of the LORD, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.

Joshua 13:15

Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

Joshua 13:24

Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.

Joshua 13:29

Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.



Joshua 13:33

But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance. the LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.

Joshua 14:1

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,

Joshua 14:2

by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

Joshua 14:3

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.

Joshua 14:4

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.

Joshua 15:1

The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.

Joshua 15:20

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.



Joshua 15:21

The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;

Joshua 17:1

This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Joshua 18:2

Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

Joshua 18:4

Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.

Joshua 18:7

For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them."

Joshua 18:11

The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.



Joshua 18:21

Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

Joshua 19:1

The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

Joshua 19:8

and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

Joshua 19:23

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

Joshua 19:24

The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

Joshua 19:31

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Joshua 19:39

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.



Joshua 19:40

The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

Joshua 19:48

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Joshua 19:51

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 the LORD, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

Joshua 20:8

Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 21:1

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.

Joshua 21:4

The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.

Joshua 21:5

The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 21:6

The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Joshua 21:7

The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:

Joshua 21:16

Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

Joshua 21:17

Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:20

The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Joshua 21:23

Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:25

Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

Joshua 21:27

They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

Joshua 21:28

Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:30

Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:32

Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

Joshua 21:34

To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, Kartah with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:36

Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:38

Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

Joshua 22:1

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Joshua 22:7

Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,

Joshua 22:9

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.

Joshua 22:10

When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.

Joshua 22:11

The children of Israel heard this, "Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel."

Joshua 22:13

The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

Joshua 22:14

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.

Joshua 22:15

They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

Joshua 22:21

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

Joshua 23:4

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.

Joshua 24:1

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.

Judges 18:1

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.

Judges 18:19

They said to him, "Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"

Judges 18:30

The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

Judges 20:2

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.

Judges 20:10

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."

Judges 20:12

The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that is happen among you?

Judges 21:3

They said, "the LORD, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"

Judges 21:5

The children of Israel said, "Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to the LORD?" For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death."

Judges 21:6

The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

Judges 21:8

They said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.

Judges 21:15

The people grieved for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Judges 21:17

They said, "There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

Judges 21:24

The children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.

Leviticus 24:11

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

Luke 2:36

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

Luke 22:30

that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

Matthew 19:28

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.

Matthew 24:30

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.

Numbers 1:4

With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers' house.

Numbers 1:16

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.

Numbers 1:21

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

Numbers 1:23

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

Numbers 1:25

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

Numbers 1:27

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were sixty-four thousand six hundred.

Numbers 1:29

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

Numbers 1:31

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

Numbers 1:33

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

Numbers 1:35

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

Numbers 1:37

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

Numbers 1:39

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

Numbers 1:41

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

Numbers 1:43

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

Numbers 1:47

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

Numbers 1:49

"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

Numbers 2:5

Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

Numbers 2:7

The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

Numbers 2:12

"Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

Numbers 2:14

"The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

Numbers 2:20

"Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Numbers 2:22

"The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

Numbers 2:27

"Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.

Numbers 2:29

"The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

Numbers 3:6

"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

Numbers 4:18

"Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Numbers 7:2

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:

Numbers 7:12

He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah,

Numbers 10:15

Nethanel the son of Zuar was over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar.

Numbers 10:16

Eliab the son of Helon was over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun.

Numbers 10:19

Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai was over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon.

Numbers 10:20

Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad.

Numbers 10:23

Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur was over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh.

Numbers 10:24

Abidan the son of Gideoni was over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin.

Numbers 10:26

Pagiel the son of Ochran was over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher.

Numbers 10:27

Ahira the son of Enan was over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali.

Numbers 13:2

"Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them."

Numbers 13:4

These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

Numbers 13:5

Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

Numbers 13:6

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Numbers 13:7

Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

Numbers 13:8

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.

Numbers 13:9

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

Numbers 13:10

Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

Numbers 13:11

Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

Numbers 13:12

Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

Numbers 13:13

Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

Numbers 13:14

Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

Numbers 13:15

Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

Numbers 18:2

Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.


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