King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Tribe
CategorySocial Term / Biblical Structure Term
Modern Equivalentone of the twelve family-clans descended from Jacob's twelve sons.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionThe twelve divisions of the people of Israel, each descended from one of Jacob's twelve sons (with Joseph's portion divided between Ephraim and Manasseh). The tribal structure organized Israel's land, worship, military, and identity. In Revelation the 144,000 are described tribe by tribe, and the New Jerusalem's gates bear the names of the twelve tribes.
Key Verses"These are the names of the men which shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur." (Numbers 1:5)