Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
The twelve
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Bible References
The twelve
Numbers 23:24
Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.
Esther 8:7
And king Ahasuerus said to queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he stretched forth his hand against the Jews.
Ezekiel 39:8
Behold, it cometh, and shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah. This is the day whereof I have spoken.
Zechariah 14:1
Behold, the day cometh for Jehovah, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
Every one
Genesis 35:22
And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Exodus 28:21
And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.
1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came saying, Israel shall be thy name;
Acts 26:7
to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of the Jews.
James 1:1
James, bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the dispersion, greeting.
Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:
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Genesis 27:38
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.