Tribes, the twelve

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 300 words | Copyright

Tribes, the twelve. The traditional composition and division of the Jewish people. The twelve tribes were supposedly descended from the sons and grandsons of the patriarch Jacob. They include Reuben, Simeon (Levi), Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim, and Manasseh.

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