What is Tribes of Israel?
{{redlinks|date=March 2020}} [[File:12 Tribes of Israel Map.svg|thumb|Location of the Israelite tribes]] The '''[[Israelites]]''' were divided into twelve '''[[tribe]]s''', according to the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch, [[Jacob]]: {{div col|cols=2}} # [[Asher (tribe)|Asher]] # [[Benjamin (tribe)|Benjamin]] # [[Dan (tribe)|Dan]] # [[Gad (tribe)|Gad]] # [[Issachar (tribe)|Issachar]] # [[Joseph (tribe)|Joseph]] # [[Judah (tribe)|Judah]] # [[Levi (tribe)|Levi]] # [[Naphtali (tribe)|Naphtali]] # [[Reuben (tribe)|Reuben]] # [[Simeon (tribe)|Simeon]] # [[Zebulun (tribe)|Zebulun]] {{div col end}} The [[Land of Israel]] was divided among those tribes, but there were a few exceptions: * The tribe of Levi got no land but had to do [[Temple in Jerusalem|temple]] duties. * The tribe of Joseph was divided into two sub tribes: ** [[Ephraim (tribe)|Ephraim]] ** [[Manasseh (tribe)|Manasseh]] {{History-stub}} [[Category:Old Testament]] [[Category:Ancient Israel and Judah]]