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Dictionary of Biblical Words
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Easy though it may appear to enumerate these,
the
way the
number
twelve
is preserved constantly varies, from the fact that
Joseph
is divided into two—
Ephraim
and
Manasseh
, thus making thirteen. To counterbalance
this
,
Levi
was
given to
the
Lord
, and had no territorial possessions except forty-eight cities. Still it is
sometimes
enumerated and
some
other
left out. The
remnant
of two of the tribes
only
were left in the land at the
time
of the Lord,
ten
having been carried away entirely; and probably exist as some obscure people somewhere in small numbers, which will rapidly increase before
they
return to their own land at the
beginning
of the
millennium
. These ten tribes, having had no share in crucifying
Christ
, will not suffer under the reign of
Antichrist
. It is remarkable to see the
faith
of
James
in
writing
to the whole
twelve tribes
at a time when
even
the two were almost gone. So
Elijah
also
builds his
altar
on.
Mount
Carmel
with
twelve
stones
.
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