12 tribes of judah

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aeon

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hi there everyone! i'm trying to understand and find spicifically the twelve tribes of judah is.:eek:
can you help me w/ this?
i'd really appreciate it very much...
thanks a lot!:)
 
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Slepsog4

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Do you mean who they WERE?
 
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Mal316

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First, it's the twelve tribes of Israel. Secondly this is kind of a tricky question.

Israel aka Jacob had 12 sons.

Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Dan
Gad
Naftali
Issachar
Zebulun
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin

But when counting the tribes, Joseph is not mentioned. Rather we have the names of Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who are each counted as half tribes.

So there are 13 names but 12 tribes

Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Dan
Gad
Naftali
Issachar
Zebulun
Asher
Ephraim/Manasseh (Joseph)
Benjamin
 
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Slepsog4

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Levi did not get a section of land. But they did get cities within the land of others.
 
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aeon

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Slepsog4 said:
Do you mean who they WERE?
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well not really, i'm just trying to understand some knowledge in it because i know its imposibly spicifically and genetically to be sure if they were. and i know that it is another mystery of God 'bout this.
 :)
 
Crypto

Crypto

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Nov 14, 2009
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They're in Israel, when they were carried away they were relatively close to Israel. And when they were given permission to return they most likely did. And there were only 2 tribes in Judah, 10 in Israel when the Kingdom was divided.
 
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aeon

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Crypto said:
They're in Israel, when they were carried away they were relatively close to Israel. And when they were given permission to return they most likely did. And there were only 2 tribes in Judah, 10 in Israel when the Kingdom was divided.
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hmmnnn... ah could you be more spicific about this?:) thanks a lot!
 
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Pete_Martinez

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Oct 1, 2009
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If you're referring to where they are now, the only tribe we know for sure that still exists is the tribe of Judah. Which is where we get the name "Jews". The other tribes are completely lost and no longer have any Israelite heritage. When Christ returns though, the first order of business is to gather all peoples of the lost tribes and bring them together. Israel will once again be fully Israel. If a man or woman marries an Israelite they become an Israelite by default. So there are Israelites in the world, they just don't have their heritage...yet.
 
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charisenexcelcis

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Interestingly enough, in Revelation the twelve tribes were modified. Dan and Ephraim were dropped and Joseph becomes a full tribe, even though Manassah remains a tribe.
 
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