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tribes

Meaning of “tribes”

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:16

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Joshua 4:8
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 4:8 · retained source text

And the children of Israel did so as Ioshua commanded, and tooke vp twelue stones out of the midst of Iordan, as the LORD spake vnto Ioshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and caried them ouer with them, vnto the place where they lodged, and laid them downe there.

Joshua 7:14
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 7:14 · retained source text

In the morning therefore ye shal be brought, according to your tribes: and it shall be that the tribe which the LORD taketh, shall come according to the families thereof, and the familie which the LORD shall take, shal come by housholdes: and the housholdes which the LORD shall take, shal come man by man.

Joshua 7:16
¶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 7:16 · retained source text

¶ So Ioshua rose vp earely in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Iudah was taken.

Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 11:23 · retained source text

So Ioshua tooke the whole land according to all that the LORD saide vnto Moses, and Ioshua gaue it for an inheritance vnto Israel, according to their diuisions by their tribes: and the land rested from warre.

1611 marginal noteNumb. 26.53.

Joshua 12:7
¶ And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 12:7 · retained source text

¶ And these are the kings of the countrey which Ioshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Iordan on the West, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon, euen vnto the mount Halak, that goeth vp to Seir, which Ioshua gaue vnto the tribes of Israel for a possession, according to their diuisions:

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.17.

Joshua 14:1
AND these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 14:1 · retained source text

¶ And these are the countreys which the children of Israel inherited in the lande of Canaan, which Eleazar the Priest, & Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed for inheritance to them:

1611 marginal noteNum. 34.17.

Joshua 14:2
By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 14:2 · retained source text

By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hande of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the halfe tribe.

1611 marginal noteNum. 26.55. & 33.54.

Joshua 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 14:3 · retained source text

For Moses had giuen the inheritance of two tribes and an halfe tribe, on the other side Iordan: but vnto the Leuites hee gaue none inheritance among them.

Joshua 14:4
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 14:4 · retained source text

For the children of Ioseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gaue no part vnto the Leuites in the land, saue cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattell, and for their substance.

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