(TRIBES OF ISRAEL were named after the sons of Jacob) -(Usually, in lists, the names of Levi and Joseph, two sons ofJacob, do not appear)
The descendants of Levi were consecrated to the rites of religion, and the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, were adopted by Jacob in Joseph's place (Genesis 48:5; Joshua 14:4)
And their names appear in the catalogues of tribes instead of those of Levi and Joseph, as follows, ASHER, BENJAMIN, DAN, EPHRAIM, GAD, ISSACHAR, JUDAH, MANASSEH, NAPHTALI, REUBEN, SIMEON, ZEBULUN
Names of, seen in John's vision, on the gates of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:12)
The message of God to them, requiring that they must be obedient to his commandments, and as a reward they would be a holy nation to him, and their reply (Exodus 19:3-8)
The erection of the tabernacle; the manufacture of the appurtenances including the garments of the priests; and their sanctification (Exodus 36:8-38; 37; 38; 39; 40)
Two and one-half tribes return from the west side of the Jordan River; erect a memorial to signify the unity of the tribes; the memorial misunderstood; the controversy which followed; its amicable resolution (Joshua 22)
Joshua's exhortation immediately before his death (Joshua 23)
Delivered for their idolatry to the king of Mesopotamia during eight years, their repentance and deliverance (Judges 3:8-11)
Renew their idolatry, and are put under tribute to the king of Moab during eighteen years, repent and are delivered by Ehud, eighty years of peace follow (Judges 3:12-30)
Shamgar resists a foray of the Philistines and delivers Israel (Judges 3:31)
People again do evil and are put under bonds to the king of Syria for twenty years (Judges 4:1-3)
Delivered by Deborah, a prophetess, and judged (Judges 4; 5)
Seven years of bondage to the Midianites; delivered by Gideon (Judges 6; 7; 8:1-28)
The people backslide, and are given over to the Philistines for chastisement for eighteen years; they repent and turn to the Lord; they are delivered by Jephthah (Judges 10:6-18; 11)
The Ephraimites go to war against other tribes; they are defeated by Jephthah (Judges 12:1-7)
The remnant that remained after the able-bodied persons were carried into captivity affiliated with the kingdom of Judah (2 Chronicles 30:18-26; 34:6; 35:18)