Tribe of Ephraim
38 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
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- Assisted: Deborah and Barak Against Sisera
- Assisted: Gideon Against Midian
- Assisted: Manasseh in Taking Bethel
- Bounds of Its Inheritance
- Could not Drive out the Canaanites but Made Them Tributary
- Defeated and Many Slain
- Descended from Joseph's Second Son Adopted by Jacob
- Encamped West of the Tabernacle
- Families of
- Led the Third Division of Israel
- Many of, Joined in Hezekiah's Passover and Reformation
- Many of, Joined Judah Under Asa
- Offering of, at the Dedication
- Officers Appointed Over, by David
- On Gerizim, Said Amen to Blessings
- One of Jeroboam's Calves Set up in Bethel, a City of
- Persons Selected From: To Divide the Land
- Persons Selected From: To Number the People
- Persons Selected From: To Spy out the Land
- Predictions Respecting
- Quarrelled with Jephthah for not Seeking Their Aid Against
- Remarkable Persons of Abdon
- Remarkable Persons of Joshua
- Remarkable Persons of Zichri
- Remonstrated with Gideon for not Calling Them Sooner Against
- some of, at Coronation of David
- Strength of, on Entering Canaan
- Strength of, on Leaving Egypt
- The Leading Tribe of the Kingdom of Israel
- The Tabernacle Continued a Long Time in Shiloh, a City of
Assisted: Deborah and Barak Against Sisera
- Judges 5:14 Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
Assisted: Gideon Against Midian
- Judges 7:24–25 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they …
Assisted: Manasseh in Taking Bethel
- Judges 1:22–25 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them. …
Bounds of Its Inheritance
- Joshua 16:5–9 This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon …
Could not Drive out the Canaanites but Made Them Tributary
- Joshua 16:10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
- Judges 1:29 Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
Defeated and Many Slain
- Judges 12:5–6 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,” …
Descended from Joseph's Second Son Adopted by Jacob
- Genesis 41:52 And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- 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.
Encamped West of the Tabernacle
- Numbers 2:18 On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
Families of
- Numbers 26:35–36 These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan. …
Led the Third Division of Israel
- Numbers 10:22 Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
Many of, Joined in Hezekiah's Passover and Reformation
- 2 Chronicles 30:18 A large number of the people— many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun— had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who …
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as …
Many of, Joined Judah Under Asa
- 2 Chronicles 15:9 And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Offering of, at the Dedication
- Numbers 7:48–53 On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near. …
Officers Appointed Over, by David
- 1 Chronicles 27:10 The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- 1 Chronicles 27:20 over the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah; over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;
On Gerizim, Said Amen to Blessings
- Deuteronomy 27:12 “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
One of Jeroboam's Calves Set up in Bethel, a City of
- 1 Kings 12:29 One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
Persons Selected From: To Divide the Land
- Numbers 34:24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
Persons Selected From: To Number the People
- Numbers 1:10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
Persons Selected From: To Spy out the Land
- Numbers 13:8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
Predictions Respecting
- Genesis 48:20 So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
- Deuteronomy 33:13–17 Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath, …
Quarrelled with Jephthah for not Seeking Their Aid Against
- Judges 12:1–4 Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!” …
Remarkable Persons of Abdon
- Judges 12:13–15 After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel. …
Remarkable Persons of Joshua
- Numbers 13:8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
- Joshua 1:1 Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
Remarkable Persons of Zichri
- 2 Chronicles 28:7 Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.
Remonstrated with Gideon for not Calling Them Sooner Against
- Judges 8:1–3 Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently. …
some of, at Coronation of David
- 1 Chronicles 12:30 From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
Strength of, on Entering Canaan
- Numbers 26:37 These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered . . . 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
Strength of, on Leaving Egypt
- Numbers 1:32–33 From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, …
The Leading Tribe of the Kingdom of Israel
- Isaiah 7:2–17 When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind. …
- Jeremiah 31:9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Jeremiah 31:20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
The Tabernacle Continued a Long Time in Shiloh, a City of
- Joshua 18:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- Joshua 19:51 These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.