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Concordances
Scofield Reference Index
• Tribes
Thompson Chain Reference
• Tribe
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Zebulun, the Tribe of
• Tribes of Israel, the
• Simeon, the Tribe of
•   (only first 3 shown)
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Tribe
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Tribes
• Manasseh, Tribe of
• Judah, Tribe and Kingdom
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Zebulun, Tribe of
• Tribe
• Simeon, the Tribe of
•   (only first 3 shown)
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Tribes of Israel, the
• Half Tribe
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Tribes of Israel
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Tribes
• Tribe
King James Dictionary
• Tribe
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Twelve Tribes
• Tribes, the Twelve
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tribe of Juda
• Tribe of Ephraim
• Tribe of Benjamin
•   (only first 3 shown)
People's Bible Dictionary
• Tribes
Smith Bible Dictionary
• ad The Tribe of
• Benjamin The Tribe of
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Tribe
• Tribe
Webster Dictionary
• Tribe
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Tribe
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Bongo (Tribe)
• Cheyenne (Tribe)
• Creek (Tribe)
•   (only first 3 shown)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Tribe
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Judah Tribe of
• Manasseh Tribe of
• Tribes
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Judah, Tribe and Territory of.
• Lost Tribes
• Manasseh, Tribe of
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Lost Tribes
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Jewish Tribe
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Asher, Tribe and Territory
• Issachar, Tribe of
• Judah, Tribe of
•   (only first 3 shown)
Lexicons
• ܫܰܒ݂ܛܳܐ
• ܫܰܪܒ݁ܬ݂ܳܐ
Berry's NT Synonyms
• Tribe, Family, Household
Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Tribe, Family
• δωδεκάφυλον
• φυλή
• אֻמָּה
• חֲצִי , חֵצִי
• מַחֲצִית
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Israel was divided into twelve tribes according to the twelve sons of Jacob (Genesis 35:22-26). In the division of Canaan, the tribe of Levi received no allotment of its own but was given cities within all the other tribes (Numbers 18:24; Numbers 35:1-8; see LEVITE). Joseph, by contrast, received two tribal allotments, one for each of his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. This double portion was the inheritance of the firstborn, an inheritance that Joseph received instead of the eldest son, Reuben (Genesis 48:13-20; Genesis 49:22-26; 1 Chronicles 5:1-2).

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