(TRIBES OF ISRAEL were named after the sons of Jacob)
V.
(Usually, in lists, the names of Levi and Joseph, two sons of Jacob, do not appear)
A.
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
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
C.
Names of, seen in John’s vision, on the gates of the New Jerusalem
VI.
UNDER THE JUDGES
A.
Public affairs administered four-hundred and fifty years by the judges
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
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
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
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