Bible Verses About The Tribes of Israel

These were the the families of the Re'uveni; of them were counted 43,730.

The sons of Pallu: Eli'av;

and the sons of Eli'av: N'mu'el, Datan and Aviram. These are the same Datan and Aviram, men of reputation in the community, who rebelled against Moshe and Aharon in Korach's group, when they rebelled against ADONAI;

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korach when that group died, and the fire consumed 250 men, and they became a warning sign.

(However, the sons of Korach did not die.)

The descendants of Shim'on, by their families, were: of N'mu'el, the family of the N'mu'eli; of Yamin, the family of the Yamini; of Yakhin, the family of the Yakhini;

of Zerach, the family of the Zarchi; and of Sha'ul, the family of the Sha'uli.

These were the families of the Shim'oni, 22,200.

The descendants of Gad, by their families, were: of Tz'fon, the family of the Tz'foni; of Haggi, the family of the Haggi; of Shuni, the family of the Shuni;

of Ozni, the family of the Ozni; of 'Eri, the family of the 'Eri;

of Arod, the family of the Arodi; and of Ar'eli, the family of the Ar'eli.

These were the families of the sons of Gad, according to those counted of them, 40,500.

The sons of Y'hudah: First 'Er and Onan, but 'Er and Onan died in the land of Kena'an.

The sons of Y'hudah who had descendants were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelani; of Peretz, the family of the Partzi; and of Zerach, the family of the Zarchi.

The sons of Peretz were: of Hetzron, the family of the Hetzroni; and of Hamul, the family of the Hamuli.

These were the families of Y'hudah, according to those counted of them, 76,500.

The descendants of Yissakhar, by their families, were: of Tola, the family of the Tola'i; of Puvah, the family of the Puni;

of Yashuv, the family of the Yashuvi; and of Shimron, the family of the Shimroni.

These were the families of Yissakhar, according to those counted of them, 64,300.

The descendants of Z'vulun, by their families, were: of Sered, the family of the Sardi; of Elon, the family of the Eloni; and of Yachle'el, the family of the Yachle'eli.

These were the families of the Z'vuloni, according to those counted of them, 60,500.

The sons of Yosef, by their families, were M'nasheh and Efrayim.

The descendants of M'nasheh were: of Makhir, the family of the Makhiri. Makhir was the father of Gil'ad; of Gil'ad, the family of the Gil'adi.

These are the descendants of Gil'ad: of I'ezer, the family of the I'ezri; of Helek, the family of the Helki;

of Asri'el, the family of the Asri'eli; of Sh'khem, the family of the Shikhmi;