12 occurrences

'Tribe' in the Bible

She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abin'o-am from Kedesh in Naph'tali, and said to him, "The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you, 'Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking ten thousand from the tribe of Naph'tali and the tribe of Zeb'ulun.

Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Mano'ah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfAppearances Of God In OtChildren, responsibilities to parents

In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in; for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.

Verse ConceptsNo King

So the Danites sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Esh'ta-ol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came to the hill country of E'phraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

Verse ConceptsSpiesFive PeopleSpying

And six hundred men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set forth from Zorah and Esh'ta-ol,

Verse ConceptsSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

And they said to him, "Keep quiet, put your hand upon your mouth, and come 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 family in Israel?"

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersCurbing SpeechUnnamed Priests

And the Danites set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesExile In Prospect

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that has taken place among you?

And they said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"

Verse ConceptsSubtracting From PeopleBereavementNo One To Be FoundWhy Does This Happen?

And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessBereavementNo One To Be Found

And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, MaterialSurvivors Of Israel

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

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

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