'Tribe' in the Bible

Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has been victorious so that He may open the scroll and its seven seals.”

And they sang a new song:You are worthy to take the scrolland to open its seals,because You were slaughtered,and You redeemed peoplefor God by Your bloodfrom every tribe and languageand people and nation.

And I heard the number of those who were sealed:144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:

12,000 sealed from the tribe of Judah,12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,12,000 from the tribe of Gad,

12,000 from the tribe of Asher,12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,

12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,12,000 from the tribe of Levi,12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,

12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands.

And he was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. He was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, having the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.