Judges 5:17, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, part I of II

Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the coast and stayed in his coves.





//As the story goes, Jacob (later named Israel) had twelve sons, and these twelve sons became the twelve tribes of Israel. Here is a list of the twelve as we usually see them:





Reuben




Judah




Naphtali




Issachar




Zebulun




Simeon




Dan




Gad




Asher




Benjamin




Ephraim




Manasseh





But something is amiss with this list. What about the other tribes the Bible tells of? Where are the Gileadites, Calebites...

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