8 occurrences

'Tribe' in the Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNo King

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersCurbing SpeechUnnamed Priests

And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he 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 is come to pass among you?

And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

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

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessBereavementNo One To Be Found

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, MaterialSurvivors Of Israel

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

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

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