7 occurrences

'Tribe' in the Bible

And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersCurbing SpeechUnnamed Priests

(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesExile In Prospect

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

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

And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessBereavementNo One To Be Found

And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, MaterialSurvivors Of Israel

Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

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