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Astronomy |
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David gave Joseph a "double portion" |
Reuben |
South |
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Taurus or Aquarius? |
Lilies or waves |
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Simeon |
South |
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Pisces (Simon the fisher of man) |
Castle |
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Levi |
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Ophichius |
Menorah, 12 Square |
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Levi received no land. The Levites were only given certain cities and was the tribe of the priesthood that received tithes of the other twelve tribes who tithed from their land. However, in Revelation Levi once again figures in (priesthood over?) bringing Levi back is effectively going back to the time before Jacob gave Joseph the double portion, so technically Dan should still be on the list and Ephraim and Manasseh should not, being that they are already represented in Joseph! |
Judah |
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Leo the Lion |
Lion |
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Dan |
North |
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Libra or Scorpio |
Scales or Snake |
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Judges 18:30-31 And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. So they set up Micah's carved image that he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh. |
Napthali |
North |
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Ram or Springbok |
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Manasseh |
West |
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Gemini (one of Joseph's Twins) |
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Levi's son, part of the "double portion" |
Gad |
South |
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Aires |
Tent |
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Asher |
North |
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Sagittarius |
Palm Tree |
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Issachar |
East |
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Name means "reward"; part horse - Sagittarius- priests (sages) |
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Zebulun |
East |
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Cancer |
Ship (Ark?) |
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Ephraim |
West |
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Gemini (one of Joseph's Twins) |
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Levi's son, part of the "double portion", later became idolatrous: Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone. At the time when Ephraim were at war with the Israelites of Gilead, under the leadership of Jephthah, the pronunciation of shibboleth as sibboleth was considered sufficient evidence to single out individuals from Ephraim, so that they could be subjected to immediate death by the Israelites of Gilead. |
Joseph |
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Gemini, father of Twins |
Grapes or Wheat |
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Joseph given a "double portion" by David. According to the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, the ensign of both the House of Joseph and the Tribe of Benjamin was the figure of a boy, with the inscription: the cloud of the Lord rested on them until they went forth out of the camp (a reference to events in the Exodus). There were obvious linguistic differences between at least one portion of Joseph and the other Israelite tribes. |
Benjamin |
West |
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Ophichius |
Wolf |
Amethyst |
The 13th Tribe. According to the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, the ensign of both the House of Joseph and the Tribe of Benjamin was the figure of a boy, with the inscription: the cloud of the Lord rested on them until they went forth out of the camp (a reference to events in the Exodus). There were obvious linguistic differences between at least one portion of Joseph and the other Israelite tribes. |
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Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces |
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