Quotes about Tribes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
— James 1:1
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 28:21
Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
— Joshua 4:8
“The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.
— Numbers 26:53
Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:
— Joshua 22:21
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
— Genesis 49:28
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
— Genesis 25:15
Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
— Numbers 26:56
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
— Genesis 10:17
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
— Genesis 15:21
the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
— Genesis 10:16
In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
— Joshua 21:40