'Tribe' in the Bible

Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

"Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city's riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The Lord was furious with the Israelites.

In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the Lord selects must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. The family the Lord selects must approach man by man.

Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order and the tribe of Judah was selected.

He then made Zabdi's family approach man by man and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

Moses the Lord's servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord's servant assigned their land to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.

The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans.

The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns.

The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.

The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans.

Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord's instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans:

The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans.

Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh's territory, along with their towns.

The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph's firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh's firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.

(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.

The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.

It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This is the western border.

The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath -- a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.

as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.

The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans. The border of their territory extended to Sarid.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

The fourth lot belonged to the tribe of Issachar by its clans.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Issachar by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

The fifth lot belonged to the tribe of Asher by its clans.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

The sixth lot belonged to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they selected Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.

The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Gershon's descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba,

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

from the tribe of Issachar: Kishon, Daberath,

from the tribe of Asher: Mishal, Abdon,

from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each -- a total of three cities.

They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,

from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money. So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph.