Twelve Tribes of Israel

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ancient Israelite tribal confederation biblical group religious concept

The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.

Aliases (1)

twelve tribes of Israel ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Israelite tribal confederation → biblical group → religious concept →
associatedWithReligion	Christianity → Judaism → Rastafari movement → surface form: "Rastafari" Samaritanism →
centralToNarrative	conquest of Canaan → period of the Judges → Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) → surface form: "united monarchy of Israel"
describedIn	Book of Exodus → Book of Ezekiel → Book of Genesis → Book of Joshua → Judges → surface form: "Book of Judges" Book of Numbers →
excludesTribeFromLandAllotment	Tribe of Levi →
hasConceptualSuccessor	Jews → surface form: "Jewish people"
hasCulturalRole	foundation of Israelite identity →
hasEschatologicalRole	vision of restored tribes in Ezekiel 40–48 →
hasLandAllotmentDescribedIn	Book of Joshua →
hasMember	Tribe of Asher → Tribe of Benjamin → Tribe of Dan → tribe of Ephraim → surface form: "Tribe of Ephraim" Tribe of Gad → Tribe of Issachar → Tribe of Joseph → Tribe of Judah → Tribe of Levi → Tribe of Manasseh → Tribe of Naphtali → Tribe of Reuben → Tribe of Simeon → Tribe of Zebulun →
hasPoliticalRole	basis of tribal organization in ancient Israel →
hasReligiousTextSource	Tanakh → surface form: "Hebrew Bible" Bible → surface form: "Old Testament"
hasSymbolicNumber	12 →
hasTheologicalSignificance	covenant people of God →
hasTraditionalAncestor	Israel → Jacob →
hasTraditionalOriginEvent	blessings of Jacob in Genesis 49 → blessings of Moses in Deuteronomy 33 →
hasVariantCountingTradition	Joseph counted as Ephraim and Manasseh →
includesHalfTribe	Half-tribe of Manasseh →
influenced	concept of the Twelve Apostles in Christianity →
mentionedIn	Book of Revelation →
partOf	Ancient Israel → surface form: "ancient Israel"

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hebrews → associatedWith → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Reuben → associatedWith → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Jacob → eponymousAncestorOf → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Rastafari movement → hasBranch → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Table of the Shewbread → loavesRepresent → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

this entity surface form: "twelve tribes of Israel"

Tribe of Benjamin → partOf → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Tribe of Dan → partOf → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Tribe of Judah → partOf → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Tribe of Levi → partOf → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) → partOf → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

subject surface form: "Tribe of Naftali"

Tribe of Reuben → partOf → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Tribe of Simeon → partOf → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Apostles → symbolism → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

this entity surface form: "twelve tribes of Israel"

Israelites → tribalStructure → Twelve Tribes of Israel →

Asher → tribeIncludedIn → Twelve Tribes of Israel →