Comparative Listings of the Tribes of Israel
Genesis 35:22-25 |
Genesis 49:3-28 |
Exodus 1:1-5 |
Numbers 1:3-15 | Numbers 1:16-50 | Numbers 25:5-62 | Deut. 27:12-13 |
Deut. 33:7-26 | Judges 5:12-19 | I Chron. 2:1-2 | Ezekiel 47:13-48:30 | Ezekiel 48:31-35 | Revelation |
Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben | Reuben |
Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | ||
Levi | Levi | Levi | Levi | Levi | Levi | Levi | Levi | Levi | Levi | |||
Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | Judah | |
Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar | Issachar |
Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun | Zebulun |
Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin | Benjamin |
Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | Dan | |
Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali | Naphtali |
Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | Gad | |
Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher | Asher |
Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | |
Ephraim | Ephraim | Ephraim | Ephraim | Ephraim | Ephraim | |||||||
Manasseh | Manasseh | Manasseh | Manasseh | Manasseh | Manasseh |
Genesis 35:22-25 - 22And it came to pass, when Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine; and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve; 23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacobs firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun; 24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin; 25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachels maidservant; Dan, and Naphtali; 26And the sons of Zilpah, Leahs maidservant; Gad, and Asher; these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padan-Aram. Genesis 49:3-28 - 3. Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power; 4. Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your fathers bed; then defiled you it; he went up to my couch. 5. Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are their swords. 6. O my soul, do not come into their council; to their assembly, let my honor not be united; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their wanton will they lamed an ox. 7. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8. Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies; your fathers children shall bow down in your presence. 9. Judah is a lions whelp; from the prey, my son, you are gone up; he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10. The staff shall not depart from Judah, nor the scepter from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and to him shall the obedience of the people be. 11. Binding his foal to the vine, and his asss colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes; 12. His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13. Zebulun shall live at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be to Sidon. 14. Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens; 15. And he saw that resting was good, and that the land was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute. 16. Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18. I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. 19. Gad, a troop shall overcome him; but he shall overcome at the last. 20. Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21. Naphtali is a hind let loose; he gives goodly words. 22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall; 23. The archers fiercely attacked him, and shot at him, and hated him; 24. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel; 25. By the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb; 26. The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. 27. Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the booty. 28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is it what their father spoke to them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. Exodus 1:1-5 - 1And these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came to Egypt, with Jacob, every man with his household. 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5And all the souls who came from the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; for Joseph was in Egypt already. Numbers 1:3-15 - 3From twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel; you and Aaron shall count them by their armies. 4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one chief of the house of his fathers. 5And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you; from the tribe of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6From Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7. From Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8From Issachar: Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9From Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. 10From the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11From Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12From Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13From Asher: Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14From Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15From Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan. Numbers 1:16-50 - 16These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, chiefs of thousands in Israel. 17And Moses and Aaron took these men who were pointed out by their names. 18And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they registered by families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19As the Lord commanded Moses, so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20And the sons of Reuben, Israels eldest son, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 21Those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty six thousand and five hundred. 22From the sons of Simeon, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, those who were counted of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 23Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Simeon, were fifty nine thousand and three hundred. 24From the children of Gad, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 25Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Gad, were forty five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26From the sons of Judah, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 27Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Judah, were seventy four thousand and six hundred. 28From the sons of Issachar, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of then names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 29Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Issachar, were fifty four thousand and four hundred. 30From the sons of Zebulun, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 31Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty seven thousand and four hundred. 32From the sons of Joseph, namely, from the sons of Ephraim, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 33Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34From the sons of Manasseh, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 35Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty two thousand and two hundred. 36From the sons of Benjamin, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 37Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty five thousand and four hundred. 38From the sons of Dan, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 39Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Dan, were sixty two thousand and seven hundred. 40From the sons of Asher, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 41Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Asher, were forty one thousand and five hundred. 42From the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 43Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty three thousand and four hundred. 44These are those who were counted, which Moses and Aaron counted, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men; each one was for the house of his fathers. 45So were all those who were counted of the people of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war in Israel; 46All those who were counted were six hundred three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not counted among them. 48For the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying, 49Only shall you not count the tribe of Levi, nor take a census of them among the people of Israel; 50But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of Testimony, and over all its utensils, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its utensils; and they shall minister to it, and shall camp around the tabernacle. Numbers 25: 5-62 - 5Reuben, the
eldest son of Israel; the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, from whom comes the family of the
Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the alluites; 6From Hezron, the
family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7These
are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were counted of them were forty three
thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9And
the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, who
were regularly summoned to the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in
the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord; 10And the earth
opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, the
time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign. 11And
the sons of Korah did not die. 12The sons of Simeon according to
their families; from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the
Jaminites; from Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; 13From Zerah, the
family of the Zerahites; from Saul, the family of the Saulites. 14These
are the families of the Simeonites, twenty two thousand and two hundred. 15The
sons of Gad according to their families; from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites;
from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 16From
Ozni, the family of the Oznites; from Eri, the family of the Erites; 17From
Arod, the family of the Arodites; from Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18These
are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty
thousand and five hundred. 19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan;
and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20And the sons of Judah
according to their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; from Perez,
the family of the Perezites; from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21And
the sons of Perez were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family
of the Hamulites. 22These are the families of Judah according to those
who were counted of them, seventy six thousand and five hundred. 23From
the sons of Issachar according to their families; from Tola, the family of the
Tolaites; from Puva, the family of the Punites; 24From Jashub, the
family of the Jashubites; from Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. Deuteronomy 27:12-13 - 12 These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are come over the Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin; 13 And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Deuteronomy 33:7-26 - 6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7And this is the blessing of Judah; and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; let his hands be sufficient for him; and be you a help to him from his enemies. 8And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your pious one, whom you did test at Massah, and with whom you fought at the waters of Meribah; 9Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; nor did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children; for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant. 10They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your Torah; they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar. 11Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; strike through the loins of those who rise against him, and of those who hate him, that they rise not again. 12And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall live in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall live between his shoulders. 13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couches beneath, 14And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16And for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, and for the good will of him who lived in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him who was separated from his brothers. 17The firstling of his herd, grandeur is his, and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents. 19They shall call the people to the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hidden in the sand. 20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he who enlarges Gad; he lives as a lion, and tears the arm with the crown of the head. 21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 22And of Dan he said, Dan is a lions cub; he shall leap from Bashan. 23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the Lord; possess you the west and the south. 24And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25Your shoes shall be iron and bronze; and as your days, so shall your strength be. Judges 5:12-19 - 12Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song; arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam. 13Then he made him who remains have dominion over the nobles among the people; the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. 14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after you, Benjamin with your tribes; from Machir came down leaders, of Zebulun those who handle the marshals staff. 15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; Issachar, and also Barak; into the valley they rushed forth, at his feet. In the divisions of Reuben great were the resolves. 16Why then did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the bleating of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. 17Gilead dwells beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan remain by the ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode by his bays. 18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives to the death, and Naphtali likewise, on the high places of the field. 19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of silver; I Chronicles 2:1-2 - 1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Ezekiel 47:13-48:30 - 13. Thus
says the Lord God: This shall be the border, according to which you shall divide the land
for inheritance to the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two portions. 14.
And you shall inherit it, one as well as another; concerning which I raised my hand to
give it to your fathers; and this land shall fall to you for inheritance. 15. And this
shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the Great Sea, by the way of
Hethlon, as you go to Zedad; 16. Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of
Damascus and the border of Hamath; middle Hazar, which is by the coast of Hauran. 17. And
the border from the sea shall be Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus, and the north
northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. 18. And the east side you
shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and between the land of
Israel and the Jordan, from the border to the east sea. And this is the east side. 19. And
the south side southward, from Tamar to the waters of Meribot-Kadesh, to the river, as far
as the Great Sea. And this is south side towards the Negev. 20. The west side also shall
be the Great Sea from the border, as far as opposite the entrance to Hamath. This is the
west side. 21. And you shall divide this land for yourselves according to the tribes of
Israel. 22. And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance
to you, and to the foreigners who sojourn among you, who shall father children among you;
and they shall be to you as those born in the country among the people of Israel; they
shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23. And it shall come to pass,
that in whatever tribe the foreigner sojourns, there shall you give him his inheritance,
says the Lord God. Ezekiel 48:31-35 - 31. And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. 32. And at the east side there is a measure of four thousand and five hundred; and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. 33. And at the south side there is a measure of four thousand and five hundred; and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. 34. At the west side there is a measure of four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. 35. It shall be eighteen thousand measures around; and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there. |