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[[file:12 Tribes of Israel Map.svg |thumb| | <!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:열두 지파]][[vi:12 chi phái]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->[[file:12 Tribes of Israel Map.svg |thumb| px |The land of Canaan distributed to the twelve tribes of Israel]]The '''twelve tribes''' represent the twelve families of Israel, originating from the twelve sons of [[Jacob]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+49%3A1-28&version=NIV |title=Genesis 49:1–28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://kingjamesbibledictionary.com/Tribes Tribes and Families in the Bible], ''King James Bible Dictionary''</ref> Jacob earned the name “Israel” which means “to struggle with [[God]] and overcome,” by wrestling with God at the Jabbok River. He fathered twelve sons through his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and his two concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. The descendants of these sons flourished, each forming a tribe. A tribe served as a fundamental unit of the Israelite community.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/dictionary-of-bible-themes/7266-tribes-Israel TRIBES OF ISRAEL], ''Dictionary of Bible Themes''</ref> | ||
The '''twelve tribes''' represent the twelve families of Israel, originating from the twelve sons of [[Jacob]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+49%3A1-28&version=NIV |title=Genesis 49:1–28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://kingjamesbibledictionary.com/Tribes Tribes and Families in the Bible], ''King James Bible Dictionary''</ref> Jacob earned the name “Israel” which means “to struggle with [[God]] and overcome,” by wrestling with God at the Jabbok River. He fathered twelve sons through his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and his two concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. The descendants of these sons flourished, each forming a tribe. A tribe served as a fundamental unit of the Israelite community.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/dictionary-of-bible-themes/7266-tribes-Israel TRIBES OF ISRAEL], ''Dictionary of Bible Themes''</ref> | |||
God had promised [[Abraham]] that Canaan would be an eternal inheritance for his descendants.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+17%3A7-8&version=NIV |title=Genesis 17:7–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In fulfillment of this promise, God allocated the land of Canaan to the Israelites under the leadership of [[Joshua]], based on their tribal divisions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+13%3A8-19%3A51&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV |title=Joshua 13:8–19:51 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Among them, the tribes of Judah and Ephraim emerged as central tribes in the [[southern Kingdom of Judah]] and the [[northern Kingdom of Israel]], respectively, during the era of divided kingdoms. | God had promised [[Abraham]] that Canaan would be an eternal inheritance for his descendants.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+17%3A7-8&version=NIV |title=Genesis 17:7–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In fulfillment of this promise, God allocated the land of Canaan to the Israelites under the leadership of [[Joshua]], based on their tribal divisions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+13%3A8-19%3A51&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV |title=Joshua 13:8–19:51 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Among them, the tribes of Judah and Ephraim emerged as central tribes in the [[southern Kingdom of Judah]] and the [[northern Kingdom of Israel]], respectively, during the era of divided kingdoms. | ||
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Compared to the significant population growth of the twelve tribes during their time in Egypt, their numbers decreased during their 40-year [[Life in Desert|journey in the desert]]. This decline occurred as those who engaged in idol worship, adultery, testing God, and grumbling were all subject to God’s punishment and perished. | Compared to the significant population growth of the twelve tribes during their time in Egypt, their numbers decreased during their 40-year [[Life in the Desert|journey in the desert]]. This decline occurred as those who engaged in idol worship, adultery, testing God, and grumbling were all subject to God’s punishment and perished. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were '''scattered over the desert'''. . . . Do not be '''idolaters''', as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry.” We should not commit '''sexual immorality''', as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not '''test''' the Lord, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. And do not '''grumble''', as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel. These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.|출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+10%3A5-11&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV 1 Corinthians 10:5–11]}} | {{quote5 |내용= Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were '''scattered over the desert'''. . . . Do not be '''idolaters''', as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry.” We should not commit '''sexual immorality''', as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not '''test''' the Lord, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. And do not '''grumble''', as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel. These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.|출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+10%3A5-11&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV 1 Corinthians 10:5–11]}} | ||
<small>{{참고|Life in Desert}}</small><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"><small> For details, refer to: [[Life in Desert]] | <small>{{참고|Life in Desert}}</small><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"><small> For details, refer to: [[Life in the Desert]] | ||
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