Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant
Descended from the twelve sons of Jacob ( Israel )— Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Dan , Naphtali , Gad , Asher , Issachar , Zebulun , Joseph ( Ephraim and Manasseh ), and Benjamin —the Twelve Tribes formed the covenant nation of Israel.
scepter, rod, staff, tribe
scepter, rod, staff, tribe. Scepter of royal dominion (Genesis 49:10: 'The scepter shall not depart from Judah'), shepherd's protective rod, and the twelve tribes of Israel.
Joshua • Chapter 18 (28 verses)
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh , and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joshua , Judah , Joseph , Gad , Shiloh , Jordan , Jericho , Luz 1 , Ataroth 1 .
Joshua • Chapter 21 (45 verses)
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun , and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel ; And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan , saying, The Lord commanded by the h... Mentions: Eleazar , Joshua , Nun (or Non), Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Shiloh , Ephraim , Dan , Bashan .
Judges • Chapter 18 (31 verses)
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 all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel . And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Ephraim , Micah , Judah , Zorah , Eshtaol , Laish .
Joshua • Chapter 14 (15 verses)
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan , which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun , and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel , distributed for inheritance to them. By lot was their inheritance, ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Eleazar , Joshua , Nun (or Non), Jordan , Ephraim , Gilgal 1 , Kadesh 1 .
Joshua • Chapter 4 (24 verses)
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan , that the Lord spake unto Joshua , saying, Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan , out of the place where the pri... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Reuben , Gad , Jordan, Jericho , Gilgal 1 .
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom
Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.
Joshua • Chapter 12 (24 verses)
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon , and all the plain on the east: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon , and ru... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ammon , Moses , Manasseh , Joshua , Jordan , Arnon , Hermon , Heshbon , Aroer 1 .
Numbers • Chapter 7 (89 verses)
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; That the princes of Israel , heads of the hou... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Gershon ( Gershom ), Merari , Ithamar , Ephraim , Dan .
Revelation • Chapter 7 (17 verses)
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Reuben , Gad , Simeon .
Numbers • Chapter 31 (54 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of M... Mentions: Moses, Jacob/Israel , Midian , Phinehas , Eleazar , Rekem , Moab , Jordan , Jericho .
Exodus • Chapter 24 (18 verses)
And he said unto Moses , Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron , Nadab , and Abihu , and seventy of the elders of Israel ; and worship ye afar off. And Moses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. And Moses came and told... Mentions: Moses, Aaron , Nadab , Abihu , Jacob/Israel , Sinai .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 33 (25 verses)
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem : But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel . For he built again th... Mentions: Manasseh , Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , David , Solomon , Jerusalem , Assyria , Babylon , Gihon 2 , Ophel .
Numbers • Chapter 17 (13 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. And thou shal... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Levi .
Judges • Chapter 21 (25 verses)
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah , saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O Lord God of Israel , why is t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Benjamin , Canaan , Mizpah 3 , Jabesh , Shiloh , Rimmon 2 .
Joshua • Chapter 24 (33 verses)
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem , and called for the elders of Israel , and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your ... Mentions: Joshua, Jacob/Israel, Terah , Abram/Abraham , Nahor , Shechem , Canaan , Esau , Seir .
2 Kings • Chapter 21 (26 verses)
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Hephzi–bah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of... Mentions: Manasseh , Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Baal , David , Jerusalem , Samaria , Egypt , Uzza .
Numbers • Chapter 36 (13 verses)
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead , the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh , of the families of the sons of Joseph , came near, and spake before Moses , and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel : And they said, The Lord commande... Mentions: Manasseh , Joseph , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Noah , Gilead , Tirzah , Moab , Jordan , Jericho .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 12 (16 verses)
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem , because they had tr... Mentions: Rehoboam, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Solomon , Iddo , Egypt , Jerusalem , Naamah .
Numbers • Chapter 24 (25 verses)
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel , he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of Go... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Moab , Esau ( Edom ), Amalek , Asshur , Egypt , Edom, Seir .
Ezekiel • Chapter 48 (35 verses)
Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon , as one goeth to Hamath , Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath ; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan . And by the border of Dan , from the... Mentions: Dan, Asher , Naphtali , Manasseh , Ephraim , Hethlon , Hamath, Damascus .
1 Esdras • Chapter 7 (15 verses)
Then Sisinnes the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia , and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, following the commandments of king Darius, did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the elders of the Jews and rulers of the temple. And so the holy works prospered, whi... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Moses , Phoenicia , Assyria .
Joshua • Chapter 13 (33 verses)
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, From Sihor, which is before ... Mentions: Joshua , Baal , Jacob/Israel , Manasseh , Moses , Egypt , Ekron , Mearah , Aphek 2 , Lebanon .
Ezra • Chapter 2 (70 verses)
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon , and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah , every one unto his city; Which came with Zerubbabel :... Mentions: Judah , Zerubbabel , Seraiah , Jacob/Israel , Shephatiah , Babylon, Jerusalem , Jeshua , Elam , Netophah .
Numbers • Chapter 33 (56 verses)
These are the journeys of the children of Israel , which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron . And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Moses, Aaron , Baal , Tahath , Egypt , Rameses , Succoth 1 , Etham .
Judges • Chapter 20 (48 verses)
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead , unto the Lord in Mizpah . And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel , presented themselves in the assembly ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Benjamin , Judah , Phinehas , Gilead , Mizpah 3 , Gibeah 1 , Baal .
2 Samuel • Chapter 24 (25 verses)
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah . For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, David , Judah , Dan , Gad , Jordan , Aroer 1 , Jazer , Gilead .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 28 (21 verses)
And David assembled all the princes of Israel , the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the ki... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Solomon , Jerusalem .
Matthew • Chapter 10 (42 verses)
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon , who is called Peter, and Andrew his ... Mentions: Simon , James ( Jacob ), Judas , Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Sodom .
Numbers • Chapter 1 (54 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt , saying, Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel , afte... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Reuben , Simeon , Sinai , Egypt , Ephraim , Dan .
1 Kings • Chapter 8 (66 verses)
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel , and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel , unto king Solomon in Jerusalem , that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David , which is Zion . And all the men ... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel, David , Moses , Jerusalem , Zion , Horeb , Egypt , Hamath .
2 Samuel • Chapter 17 (29 verses)
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will ... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Zadok , Jonathan , Bahurim , Jerusalem , Jordan , Mahanaim .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 33 (29 verses)
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. And he said, The Lord came from Sinai , and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran , and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Reuben , Judah , Levi , Sinai , Seir , Paran , Massah , Meribah 1 .