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tribes

Meaning of “tribes”

Bodies of people descended from common ancestors, especially the divisions of Israel.

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112 occurrences110 verses24 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:16

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Deuteronomy 12:5
But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:5 · retained source text

But vnto the place which the LORD your God shall chuse out of all your tribes, to put his name there, euen vnto his habitation shall yee seeke, and thither thou shalt come:

1611 marginal note1.King. 8.29. 2.Chro. 7.12.

Deuteronomy 12:14
But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:14 · retained source text

But in the place which the LORD shal choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

Deuteronomy 16:18
¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 16:18 · retained source text

¶ Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates which the LORD thy God giueth thee throughout thy tribes: and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement.

Deuteronomy 18:5
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 18:5 · retained source text

For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the Name of the LORD, him, and his sonnes for euer.

Deuteronomy 29:10
¶ Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:10 · retained source text

¶ Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God: your captaines of your tribes, your Elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:21
And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:21 · retained source text

And the LORD shall separate him vnto euill, out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the Couenant, that are written in this booke of the Law:

1611 marginal noteHebr. is written.

Deuteronomy 31:28
¶ Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 31:28 · retained source text

¶ Gather vnto mee all the Elders of your tribes, and your Officers, that I may speake these words in their eares, and call heauen and earth to record against them.

Deuteronomy 33:5
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 33:5 · retained source text

And hee was King in Iesurun, when the heads of the people, and the Tribes of Israel were gathered together.

Joshua 4:5
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 4:5 · retained source text

And Ioshua said vnto them, Passe ouer before the Arke of the LORD your God into the mids of Iordan, and take ye vp euery man of you a stone vpon his shoulder, according vnto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

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