- Descended from Joseph's second son adopted by Jacob Ge 41:52; 48:5
- Predictions respecting Ge 48:20; De 33:13-17
- PERSONS SELECTED FROM
- To number the people Nu 1:10
- To spy out the land Nu 13:8
- To divide the land Nu 34:24
- Strength of, on leaving Egypt Nu 1:32,33
- Led the third division of Israel Nu 10:22
- Encamped west of the tabernacle Nu 2:18
- Offering of, at the dedication Nu 7:48-53
- Families of Nu 26:35,36
- Strength of, on entering Canaan Nu 26:37
- On Gerizim, said amen to blessings De 27:12
- Bounds of its inheritance Jos 16:5-9
- Could not drive out the Canaanites but made them tributary Jos 16:10; Jud 1:29
- ASSISTED
- Manasseh in taking Bethel Jud 1:22-25
- Deborah and Barak against Sisera Jud 5:14
- Gideon against Midian Jud 7:24,25
- Remonstrated with Gideon for not calling them sooner against Midian Jud 8:1-3
- Quarrelled with Jephthah for not seeking their aid against Ammon Jud 12:1-4
- Defeated and many slain Jud 12:5,6
- Some of, at coronation of David 1Ch 12:30
- Officers appointed over, by David 1Ch 27:10,20
- The leading tribe of the kingdom of Israel Isa 7:2-17; Jer 31:9,20
- Many of, joined Judah under Asa 2Ch 15:9
- Many of, joined in Hezekiah's passover and reformation 2Ch 30:18; 31:1
- The tabernacle continued a long time in Shiloh, a city of Jos 18:1; 19:51
- One of Jeroboam's calves set up in Bethel, a city of 1Ki 12:29
- Remarkable persons of
- Joshua Nu 13:8; Jos 1:1
- Abdon Jud 12:13-15
- Zichri 2Ch 28:7
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