20 occurrences

'Tribes' in the Bible

So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveTwelve Tribes

So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;

Verse ConceptsThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Of Judah

So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it to the children of Israel as their heritage, making division of it among them by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsRest, PhysicalWarfare, Examples OfTypes Of ChristConquestTime Of Peace

And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel overcame on the west side of Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel for a heritage, in keeping with their divisions;

Verse ConceptsConquestBeyond JordanGentile Rulers

So now make division of this land for a heritage to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

And these are the heritages which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, gave out to them;

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityRank

Their heritage by the Lord's decision, as he gave orders by Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

For Moses had given their heritage to the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no heritage among them.

Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordan

Because the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave the Levites no part in the land, only towns for their living-places, with the grass-lands for their cattle and for their property.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of Israel

But there were still seven tribes among the children of Israel who had not taken up their heritage.

Verse ConceptsSeven People

These are the heritages which Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel gave out at Shiloh, by the decision of the Lord, at the door of the Tent of meeting. So the distribution of the land was complete.

Verse ConceptsTent Of Meeting

Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;

And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsTen Things

The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:

And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.

Verse ConceptsNine Creatures

Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west

Verse ConceptsMediterranean Sea

Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersRenewal, Of People Of GodAssembling Israel

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מטּה מטּה 
Matteh 
tribe , rod , staff , staves , tribe +
Usage: 251

δίδραχμον 
Didrachmon 
Usage: 2

בּלו 
B@low (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

מדּה 
Middah 
Usage: 55

מנדּה מדּה 
Middah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

מכס 
mekec 
Usage: 6

מס מס 
Mac 
Usage: 23

מסּה 
Miccah 
Usage: 1

משּׂא 
Massa' 
Usage: 65

ענשׁ 
`onesh 
Usage: 2

צרה 
Tsarah 
Usage: 73

שׁבט 
She@bat (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

δωδεκάφυλον 
Dodekaphulon 
Usage: 1

θλίβω 
Thlibo 
Usage: 9

θλίψις 
Thlipsis 
Usage: 33

κῆνσος 
Kensos 
Usage: 2

φόρος 
Phoros 
Usage: 5

φυλή 
Phule 
Usage: 28

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