13 occurrences

'Tribes' in the Bible

These are those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they are heads of the thousands of Israel.

Verse ConceptsMen

and the princes of Israel (heads of the house of their fathers, they are princes of the tribes, they who are standing over those numbered) bring near,

Verse ConceptsRank

and Balaam lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Israel tabernacling, by its tribes, and the Spirit of God is upon him,

Verse ConceptsThe Spirit Of GodCamping During The ExodusSeeing People

'Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit;

Verse ConceptsCasting Lots

And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, 'This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded:

Verse ConceptsGod's Orders

a thousand for a tribe -- a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel -- ye do send to the host.'

Verse ConceptsA Thousand People

And Moses commandeth concerning them Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel;

'And ye have inherited the land by lot, by your families; to the many ye increase their inheritance, and to the few ye diminish their inheritance; whither the lot goeth out to him, it is his; by the tribes of your fathers ye inherit.

Verse ConceptsCasting LotsReal EstateAccording To PeopleFew PeopleMany In Israel

And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, saying, 'This is the land which ye inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half of the tribe;

Verse ConceptsAssignment

the two tribes and the half of the tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, near Jericho, eastward, at the sun -rising.'

Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordan

And -- they have been to one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel for wives, and their inheritance hath been withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers, and hath been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the lot of our inheritance it is withdrawn,

Verse ConceptsIntermarriageMarriage Between Man And Woman

'And every daughter possessing an inheritance, of the tribes of the sons of Israel, is to one of the family of the tribe of her father for a wife, so that the sons of Israel possess each the inheritance of his fathers,

Verse Conceptsethics, personalIntermarriageFathers And Daughters

and the inheritance doth not turn round from one tribe to another tribe; for each to his inheritance do they cleave, the tribes of the sons of Israel.'

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