The Tribes of Israel
29 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
- All Inheritance to Remain in the Tribe and Family to Which
- Canaan Divided Amongst Nine and a Half of, by Lot
- Canaan to be Divided Amongst According to Their Numbers
- Descended from Jacob's Sons
- Divided Into Four Divisions While in the Wilderness
- Divided on Mounts Ebal and Gerizim to Hear the Law
- Each Family of, had a Chief or Head
- Each of Divided Into Families
- Each of Under a President or Chief
- Each of Usually Furnished an Equal Number of Men for War
- Encamped in Their Divisions and by Their Standards Round The
- Manasseh and Ephraim Numbered Among, Instead of Joseph
- Names of, Engraven on the Breastplate of the High Priest
- Predictions Respecting Each of
- Remained As One People Until the Reign of Rehoboam
- Reuben, Gad and Half Manasseh were Required to Assist in Subduing Canaan
- Reuben, Gad and Half Manasseh: Settled on East Side of Jordan
- Situation of, and Bounds of the Inheritance of Each
- Total Strength of, on Entering the Land of Canaan
- Total Strength of, on Leaving Egypt
All Inheritance to Remain in the Tribe and Family to Which
- Numbers 36:3–9 But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away. …
Canaan Divided Amongst Nine and a Half of, by Lot
- Joshua 14:1–5 Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel. …
Canaan to be Divided Amongst According to Their Numbers
- Numbers 33:54 And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance …
Descended from Jacob's Sons
- Genesis 35:22–26 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons: …
Divided Into Four Divisions While in the Wilderness
- Numbers 10:14–28 First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command. …
Divided on Mounts Ebal and Gerizim to Hear the Law
- Deuteronomy 27:12–13 “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. …
Each Family of, had a Chief or Head
- Numbers 36:1 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
- 1 Chronicles 4:38 These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
Each of Divided Into Families
- Numbers 1:2 “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
- Numbers 26:5–50 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu, …
- Joshua 7:14 In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that the LORD selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that the LORD …
Each of Under a President or Chief
- Numbers 1:4–16 And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you. …
Each of Usually Furnished an Equal Number of Men for War
- Numbers 31:4 Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
Encamped in Their Divisions and by Their Standards Round The
- Numbers 2:2–31 “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family. …
Manasseh and Ephraim Numbered Among, Instead of Joseph
- Genesis 48:5 And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Joshua 14:3–4 For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites. …
Names of, Engraven on the Breastplate of the High Priest
- Exodus 28:21 The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
- Exodus 39:14 The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
Predictions Respecting Each of
- Genesis 49:3–27 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. …
- Deuteronomy 33:6–29 Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.” …
Remained As One People Until the Reign of Rehoboam
- 1 Kings 12:16–20 When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” …
Reuben, Gad and Half Manasseh were Required to Assist in Subduing Canaan
- Numbers 32:6–32 But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here? …
- Deuteronomy 3:18–20 At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites. …
Reuben, Gad and Half Manasseh: Settled on East Side of Jordan
- Deuteronomy 3:12–17 So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities. …
- Joshua 13:23–32 And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages. …
Situation of, and Bounds of the Inheritance of Each
- Joshua 15:1 Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
Total Strength of, on Entering the Land of Canaan
- Numbers 26:51 These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
Total Strength of, on Leaving Egypt
- Exodus 12:37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
- Numbers 1:44–46 These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. …
- Numbers 2:32 These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
Related topics
The Tribes of Israel were Twelve in Numberthe Tribe of GadJourney of Israel Through The Desertthe Tribe of ReubenMisjudgment of the Reubenites and GaditesGad
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.