Author: Steve Amato
Description: The 12 tribes of Isael and the Levites
Keywords: bible study,Bible, tribes, Israel, levites, numbers, desert, wilderness, moses, jordan, red sea, law, exodus, joshua

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# The Tribes of Israel

The 12 Tribes of Israel were derived from Jacob's 12 sons born through the following women:

Leah | Zilpah | Rachel | Bilhah
1. Reuben 2. Simeon 3. Levi 4. Judah 9. Issachar 10. Zebulun (Dinah) | 7. Gad 8. Asher | 11. Joseph 12. Benjamin | 5. Dan 6. Naphtali

# THE CAMP

|  | Dan Asher Naphtali |  |
|  | Merarites |  |
Ephraim Manasseh Benjamin | Ger- shonites | Tabernacle | Aaron Moses | Judah Issachar Zebulun
|  | Kohathites |  |
|  | Reuben Simeon Gad |  |

Tribe | 1st Gen (Num 1) | 2nd Gen (Num 26) | % Diff
Reuben Simeon Gad Judah Issachar Zebulun Ephraim Manasseh Benjamin Dan Asher Naphtali | 46,500 59,30 45,650 74,600 54,400 57,400 40,500 32,200 35,400 62,700 41,500 53,400 | 43,730 22,200 40,500 76,500 64,300 60,500 32,500 52,700 45,600 64,400 53,400 45,500 | -6 -63 -11 +3 +18 +5 -20 +64 +29 +3 +29 -15
Total | 603,550 | 601,730 | -0.3

# Levites' Service in Numbers 3

Div | Dir from Camp | Service
Aaron | EAST | SACRIFICES | the sanctuary
Kohathites | SOUTH | ARTICLES | the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use.
Gershonites | WEST | COVERINGS | the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar, and the ropes-- and everything related to their use.
Merarites | NORTH | STRUCTURE | the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use, as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs and ropes.

# The Levites Allotment
in Joshua 21

Levites | Donating Tribe | Donated City
Aaron of Kohath (priests) | Judah | Hebron Libnah Jattir Eshtemoa Holon Debir Ain Juttah Beth Shemesh
Simeon
Benjamin | Gibeon Geba Anathoth Almon
Kohath | Ephraim | Shechem Gezer Kibzaim Beth Horon
Dan | Eltekeh Gibbethon, Aijalon Gath Rimmon
Manasseh | Taanach Gath Rimmon
Gershon | Manasseh | Golan in Bashan Be Eshtarah
Issachar | Kishion Daberath Jarmuth En Gannim
Asher | Mishal Abdon Helkath Rehob
Naphtali | Kedesh in Galilee Hammoth Dor Kartan
Merari | Reuben | Bezer Jahaz Kedemoth Mephaath,
Gad | Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heshbon Jazer
Zebulun | Jokneam Kartah Dimnah Nahalal

Cities of Refuge: Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. On the east side of the Jordan of Jericho they designated Bezer in the desert on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh.

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