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Who were the Reubenites in The Bible?
The Reubenites are the descendants of Jacob's [Israel's] firstborn son, Reuben."These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar..." (I Chron.2:1).
What does Deuteronomy 316 mean?
Is talking about the different boundaries of the different family lines that had been established within the reubenites and how far their boundaries went from one end to the other end and wear it and it and where it began as tours respects the boundaries of the different tribes of the groups of families at that time and Bible times
Which tribe was Hebrew not Jewish?
Using the modern meaning of the word "Jewish" as someone who practices/practiced Judaism, There was not tribe that was Hebrew but not Jewish, because Jewish and Hebrew are basically the same ethnicity.Note: Historically the word "Jew" originated as a description of the members of the tribe of Judah only. If you are a stickler for this meaning, then only the people of the Hebrew tribe of Judah were Jews, and the other 11 Hebrew tribes were Benjaminites, Reubenites, Gadites, etc.
What are the names of the tribes formed by the children of Jacob?
One thought:I'm not sure of designation for the descendents of Issachar and Joseph, but here's a start.(Genesis 35:23-36)Reuben - Reubenites (Exodus 6:14)Simeon - Simeonites (Genesis 46:10/Exodus 6:15)Levi - Levites (Genesis 46:11)Judah - Judeans (Genesis 38:1-5)Issachar - ? (1 Chronicles 7:1)Zebulun - Zubulunites (Numbers 26:26+7/Judges 12:11+12)Joseph- ?(Joshua 14:4)Benjamin - Benjamites (Genesis 46:21)Dan - Danites (Numbers 26:42)Naphtali - Naphtalites(Numbers 26:48-50)Gad - Gadites (Genesis 46:16)Asher - Asherites (1 Chronicles 7:30/Numbers 1:41)And also each of the sons, from each of these fathers, also became heads of families within these tribes.Another thought: Can't find a designation for Issachar, but the tribe of Joseph was split between his two sons, Ephraim/Ephraimites and Manasseh/Manassites. Both were half tribes.
How many non-Jews did Moses lead out of Egypt?
Technically speaking... the Creator God of the Old Testament, Jesus Christ (John 1:3 & 10), led the Israelites out of Egypt... not Moses: "...God led the people about... and Moses took the bones of Joseph with him... And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people." (Ex.13:18-22) "...all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all did eat the same spiritual meat (manna); and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that Spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." (I Cor.10:1-4) As for the number of "non-Jews" Jesus led out of Egypt - again - technically speaking... the vast majority of all the Israelites themselves are NOT Jews! Of the "twelve" tribes of Israelites... only the children of the tribe of "Judah" are "Jews." The children of "Dan," however, are "Danites," not "Jews" (Judges 13:2). The children of "Asher" are "Asherites," not "Jews" (Judges 1:32). The children of "Gad" are "Gadites,"... and "Reuben" are "Reubenites, not "Jews" (II Kings 10:33).... etc. As for those who went with the tribes of Israel who were not "Israelites"... the number is not disclosed. "...the children of Israel journeyed from Ramses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle." (Ex.12:37-38) But, technically speaking... the vast majority of the millions of Israelites and Gentiles who exited Egypt were not Jews.
Why did the Israelites feel so strongly about the promising land?
The Israelite were glad as they were going to a land promised by God to Moses as the Promised Land. which they could have as their very own. after centuries of slavery and forty years of wandering.Likely because it's the land promised to them from the Most High, being His Holy land for His chosen people.It was important because God promised that land to the Israelites. And He never broke His promise.The Israelites didn't feel that strongly about the Promised Land at first. They, primarily, went along for the ride that God forced them into.They never would have left Egypt if God had not stepped into their affairs when He did, and brought about a series of events that, virtually, destroyed the Egyptian economy... and got them "kicked out."If you read the account... they bickered and complained from the outset about the way things were going at every turn."In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, 'If only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death." (Ex.16:2-3 NIV)Yes, they were told that they were going someplace that God had in mind for them. But they didn't know where it was... and, if they had to [which they did have to]... all they wanted was to get there... FAST!They were, above all else, people, like you and I -- impatient; and they loved their comfort zones [even if it was a "zone" of slavery, with which they had generations of familiarity, nonetheless].When they finally got the report from the spies they sent in to recon the land... they balked, and were afraid to go in.So, FEAR, was the strongest emotion they felt regarding the Promised Land. Fearful to freely take what God was giving to them.After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness as punishment for their faithlessness... the faithless ones had died off, and their children went in... a little more in tune with God's commands... a little more experienced... and a little more subdued.The "strong feeling" they had about the Promised Land by then, was one of; "I'm ready to leave the wilderness... and settle down in some kind of permanent residence -- even if we have to obey God to get it."Joshua was in charge, now... and the Israelites were arrayed for battle."...Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land of the LORD your God is giving you for your own. But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said... 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land... all your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers..."...Then they answered Joshua, 'Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so will we obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses... Only be strong and courageous!'" (Joshua 1:11-18 NIV)The Israelites had "no place else to go," except back into the wilderness, to wander forever. So, they could begin to "trust in the LORD their God"... or perish in the desert.Those were their choices... and the only "strong feelings" they had about the Promised Land was to overcome their fears and trust in the Power that led them that was greater than themselves.The Israelites were, above all else, people. Scared people... who happen to be Abraham's children... whom God promised to watch over and prosper -- if they would obey Him."Be strong and very courageous [in the midst of your fear and dread; emphasis, mine]. Be careful to obey all the law My servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go."Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified [even though that is your natural inclination - emphasis, mine]; do not be discouraged [though discouragement lies before you], for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.'" (Joshua 1:7-9 NIV)The Israelites were shaking in their boots at the prospect of the war before them. Their strongest feelings were terror and fear... the emotions that they were told to keep in check.They had seen the results of their parents' disobedience forty years earlier... and they knew how a repeat of that would go. So, they were determined to try to overcome their fears... and try this "obedience" thing.The worst thing that could happen is that they would be killed... and out of their misery, if things didn't work out.The best thing was that the LORD their God would cause them to prosper... and be successful [the same things that everyone around the world wants].A home, property and your own land, is what some people call "the American Dream," today [or maybe, yesterday. Times change... dreams can be so elusive... and they vary from generation to generation... and from individual to individual].But, if there was "strong feeling" about the Promised Land with the Israelites... it had to come AFTER the ordeal that lay before them at the outset -- removing the pagan nations from it, who occupied the land at the moment.They had to overcome the same dread at which their parents balked forty years earlier. THAT was their "strongest feeling"... until the LORD their God would clear out the pagan nations who lived in their Promised Land.Once their mission was complete... they received their inheritance. But, even then... before their human emotions [strong feelings] could set in -- they were reminded of their "responsibility" to the LORD their God:"Now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan."But be VERY CAREFUL to KEEP THE COMMANDMENT and the LAW that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to Love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to Obey His Commands, to hold fast to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Joshua 22:4-5 NIV)This "formula for prosperity and success" [obedience to God's laws] wasn't as "strongly felt" by the Israelites as was the profound emotion of the sudden material acquisition of their new homes and property took their hearts.It was prosperity that that generation "fought for"... and won. The strong feelings about which later generations would not feel so strongly... and tend to take for granted [like people anywhere in the world would do, whose nation is blessed by God; for example, the latter generations of the United States of America who were born into prosperity, who didn't have to struggle for it].But, even some in THAT generation immediately failed to comply with God's "formula for success":"So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses. When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan." (Joshua 22:10 NIV)So, began the era of the "Judges"... the bloodiest book in The Bible, as the people's "strong feelings" [carnal human emotions] led them from one bloody ordeal to another, only to be rescued by isolated instances of "obedience to the LORD."The Israelites were, and are, first and foremost, people. People's strongest feelings lie with themselves... personal interest in their own well-being... their own children and families. Worldly concerns weigh on people, and "obedience to God" [the command to love one another] is not high on one's priority list.The Israelite's "strong feelings" about the Promised Land, which they now had acquired, were selfish ones [like anyone else, to this day]."At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance. In those days Israel had no king [only God's laws to guide them]; EVERYONE DID AS HE SAW FIT." (Judges 21:24-25 NIV)
Why think the Israelites felt so strong about a Promise Land?
The Israelite were glad as they were going to a land promised by God to Moses as the Promised Land. which they could have as their very own. after centuries of slavery and forty years of wandering.Likely because it's the land promised to them from the Most High, being His Holy land for His chosen people.It was important because God promised that land to the Israelites. And He never broke His promise.The Israelites didn't feel that strongly about the Promised Land at first. They, primarily, went along for the ride that God forced them into.They never would have left Egypt if God had not stepped into their affairs when He did, and brought about a series of events that, virtually, destroyed the Egyptian economy... and got them "kicked out."If you read the account... they bickered and complained from the outset about the way things were going at every turn."In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, 'If only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death." (Ex.16:2-3 NIV)Yes, they were told that they were going someplace that God had in mind for them. But they didn't know where it was... and, if they had to [which they did have to]... all they wanted was to get there... FAST!They were, above all else, people, like you and I -- impatient; and they loved their comfort zones [even if it was a "zone" of slavery, with which they had generations of familiarity, nonetheless].When they finally got the report from the spies they sent in to recon the land... they balked, and were afraid to go in.So, FEAR, was the strongest emotion they felt regarding the Promised Land. Fearful to freely take what God was giving to them.After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness as punishment for their faithlessness... the faithless ones had died off, and their children went in... a little more in tune with God's commands... a little more experienced... and a little more subdued.The "strong feeling" they had about the Promised Land by then, was one of; "I'm ready to leave the wilderness... and settle down in some kind of permanent residence -- even if we have to obey God to get it."Joshua was in charge, now... and the Israelites were arrayed for battle."...Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land of the LORD your God is giving you for your own. But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said... 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land... all your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers..."...Then they answered Joshua, 'Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so will we obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses... Only be strong and courageous!'" (Joshua 1:11-18 NIV)The Israelites had "no place else to go," except back into the wilderness, to wander forever. So, they could begin to "trust in the LORD their God"... or perish in the desert.Those were their choices... and the only "strong feelings" they had about the Promised Land was to overcome their fears and trust in the Power that led them that was greater than themselves.The Israelites were, above all else, people. Scared people... who happen to be Abraham's children... whom God promised to watch over and prosper -- if they would obey Him."Be strong and very courageous [in the midst of your fear and dread; emphasis, mine]. Be careful to obey all the law My servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go."Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified [even though that is your natural inclination - emphasis, mine]; do not be discouraged [though discouragement lies before you], for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.'" (Joshua 1:7-9 NIV)The Israelites were shaking in their boots at the prospect of the war before them. Their strongest feelings were terror and fear... the emotions that they were told to keep in check.They had seen the results of their parents' disobedience forty years earlier... and they knew how a repeat of that would go. So, they were determined to try to overcome their fears... and try this "obedience" thing.The worst thing that could happen is that they would be killed... and out of their misery, if things didn't work out.The best thing was that the LORD their God would cause them to prosper... and be successful [the same things that everyone around the world wants].A home, property and your own land, is what some people call "the American Dream," today [or maybe, yesterday. Times change... dreams can be so elusive... and they vary from generation to generation... and from individual to individual].But, if there was "strong feeling" about the Promised Land with the Israelites... it had to come AFTER the ordeal that lay before them at the outset -- removing the pagan nations from it, who occupied the land at the moment.They had to overcome the same dread at which their parents balked forty years earlier. THAT was their "strongest feeling"... until the LORD their God would clear out the pagan nations who lived in their Promised Land.Once their mission was complete... they received their inheritance. But, even then... before their human emotions [strong feelings] could set in -- they were reminded of their "responsibility" to the LORD their God:"Now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan."But be VERY CAREFUL to KEEP THE COMMANDMENT and the LAW that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to Love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to Obey His Commands, to hold fast to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Joshua 22:4-5 NIV)This "formula for prosperity and success" [obedience to God's laws] wasn't as "strongly felt" by the Israelites as was the profound emotion of the sudden material acquisition of their new homes and property took their hearts.It was prosperity that that generation "fought for"... and won. The strong feelings about which later generations would not feel so strongly... and tend to take for granted [like people anywhere in the world would do, whose nation is blessed by God; for example, the latter generations of the United States of America who were born into prosperity, who didn't have to struggle for it].But, even some in THAT generation immediately failed to comply with God's "formula for success":"So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses. When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan." (Joshua 22:10 NIV)So, began the era of the "Judges"... the bloodiest book in the Bible, as the people's "strong feelings" [carnal human emotions] led them from one bloody ordeal to another, only to be rescued by isolated instances of "obedience to the LORD."The Israelites were, and are, first and foremost, people. People's strongest feelings lie with themselves... personal interest in their own well-being... their own children and families. Worldly concerns weigh on people, and "obedience to God" [the command to love one another] is not high on one's priority list.The Israelite's "strong feelings" about the Promised Land, which they now had acquired, were selfish ones [like anyone else, to this day]."At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance. In those days Israel had no king [only God's laws to guide them]; EVERYONE DID AS HE SAW FIT." (Judges 21:24-25 NIV)
What author in the Bible is not Jewish?
This is another of those potential "trick questions."To be "Jew-ISH" is to be "Jew-LIKE"... or to have the characteristics of a Jew... or to adhere to the beliefs of the Jews. "Jew-ISH" people can be Gentiles who, although they aren't blood descendants of Judah, have adopted the beliefs of the Jews.However... a "Jew" is a blood-descendant of the tribe of Judah. In which case, Moses, himself was NOT a Jew, but a LEVITE [descended from the tribe of Levi - see Exodus 2 for Moses' lineage:"...there went a man of THE HOUSE OF LEVI, and took to wife a daughter of Levi..." (Ex.2:1-2 KJV).This "Levite couple" created children, one of whom was Moses. But at the time of his birth, Moses' people, the ISRAELITES [twelve separate tribes; Reuben {Reubenites}, Levi {Levites}, Joseph {Josephites}, Zebulun {Zebulunites}, Judah {Jews}, Dan {Danites}, etc.]... DID NOT HAVE ANY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS to speak of, having been in Egyptian slavery for the past 400 years... except for the pagan rites, customs, traditions and gods of the Egyptians.In other words... when Moses was born, there was no Jewish religion! In fact, approximately 10 generations of these Egyptian slaves had lost sight and track of their father Abraham's God and His Laws.Upon, their liberation from Egypt, however, through Moses [the Levite] Abraham's God [Jesus Christ - see John 1:3] began to reveal to the Israelites His Commandments, Laws and Statutes [see Gen.26:5] -- what the world thinks of today as the "Jewish" religion -- which Moses wrote down for us, today [Acts 7:38].So, the writers of the Bible... as the question asks it... were ALL "Jew-ISH"! But, not all of them were JEWS! As cited... Moses was not a Jew, but a Levite.Following the advent of the Torah and the Commandments of God...Joshua, the son of Nun, would be regarded as Jew-ISH, today... but he was not a Jew. He was of the tribe of Ephraim [Joseph]: "Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun." (Num.13:8)Samuel was "Jew-ISH"... but not a Jew. He was also a Levite. You can go right through the books of the Bible and trace the descendancy of the writers of the Bible. All of them knew the Laws of their father Abraham's God... believed in his God... and may be thought of as "Jewish."But, even Paul records: "...For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN! So, while Paul, too, was Jew-ISH... he was NOT a Jew. He was a Benjaminite. Even though he said, for the sake of Christ... he was whatever he needed to be:"To the Jews I have become like a Jew for the winning of Jews... to men who have no written law [Gentiles], like one without any law, though I am not without God's law but especially under Christ's law, to win the men who have no written law. To the overscrupulous I have become overscrupulous, to win the overscrupulous; yes, I have become everything to everybody, in order by all means to save some of them." (I Cor.9:20-22 WNT William's New Testament)So, yes... all of the writers of the Bible were "Jew-ISH"... but not all of them were "Jews."
Where can you find Manasseh in the Bible?
There are six Manasseh's mentioned in the Bible. MANASSEH (Ma·nas′seh) [One Making Forgetful; One Who Makes Forget]. 1. Joseph's firstborn son and a grandson of Jacob. After Joseph became Egypt's food administrator, Pharaoh gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, as a wife, and she bore Joseph two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, because, he said: "God has made me forget all my trouble and all the house of my father."-Ge 41:45, 50-52. When Jacob blessed Manasseh and Ephraim, he persisted in putting his right hand on Ephraim and his left on Manasseh, thereby placing the younger Ephraim before Manasseh. (Ge 48:13-20) As indicated thereby, Ephraim was to become greater than Manasseh. Manasseh had sons by a Syrian concubine (1Ch 7:14), and Joseph lived long enough to see the sons of Manasseh's son Machir.-Ge 50:22, 23. 2. The tribe of Israel that descended from Joseph's son Manasseh and consisted of seven tribal families. About a year after the Israelites left Egypt, Manasseh's able-bodied men from 20 years old upward numbered 32,200. (Nu 1:34, 35) This doubtless included Gaddi, one of the ten men bringing back a bad report after spying out the Promised Land. (Nu 13:1, 2, 11, 25-33) By the time a second census was taken nearly four decades later, the tribe's registered males had increased to 52,700, outnumbering Ephraim by 20,200. (Nu 26:28-34, 37) Evidently, therefore, it was with reference to the lesser future role of Manasseh that Moses spoke of the "tens of thousands of Ephraim" but the "thousands of Manasseh."-De 33:17. In the wilderness, the tribe of Manasseh, under the leadership of its chieftain Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, encamped W of the tabernacle, along with Ephraim and Benjamin. This three-tribe division was third in the order of march.-Nu 1:10, 16; 2:18-24; 7:54; 10:23. Conquests on Both Sides of Jordan River. When the Israelites defeated Amorite Kings Sihon and Og, Moses granted their conquered land to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh on condition that these tribes participate in the conquest of the territory W of the Jordan. (Nu 32:20-33; 34:14, 15; De 29:7, 8) The northern section of the area E of the Jordan appears to have been taken primarily through Manassite efforts, portions thereof being conquered by Jair, Nobah, and "the sons of Machir." For this reason Moses assigned this region to them.-Nu 32:39-42; De 3:13-15; 1Ch 2:21, 22. Later, men from "the half tribe of Manasseh" that had received their inheritance did cross the Jordan and shared in the conquest of the land to the west. (Jos 1:12-18; 4:12) They were also among those assembled in front of Mount Gerizim when Joshua "read aloud all the words of the law, the blessing and the malediction." (De 27:12; Jos 8:33, 34) Under the leadership of Joshua, the Israelites broke the power of the Canaanites, defeating 31 kings in the course of about six years. (Jos 12:7-24) Thereafter, although unconquered territory yet remained, Joshua, assisted by High Priest Eleazar and divinely appointed representatives from ten tribes (including the Manassite Hanniel the son of Ephod), divided the land into inheritance portions.-Nu 34:17, 23; Jos 13:1-7. Land Inheritance. Half of the tribe of Manasseh, of course, already had its inheritance E of the Jordan. It included Bashan and a part of Gilead. (Jos 13:29-31) To the S lay Gad, the border city being Mahanaim. (Jos 13:24-26, 30) This region was chiefly a high plateau, with an average elevation of some 610 m (2,000 ft). Here were located Golan, one of the six cities of refuge, and Beeshterah (Ashtaroth), another Levite city.-Jos 20:8, 9; 21:27; 1Ch 6:71. The remaining half of the Manassites received as their inheritance territory W of the Jordan. (Jos 17:2, 5) It was bounded by Ephraim on the S, Asher on the NW, Issachar on the NE, and the Mediterranean Sea on the W. From Michmethah the border between Ephraim and Manasseh extended to Tappuah, continued along the torrent valley of Kanah, and terminated at the Mediterranean. (Compare Jos 16:5-8; 17:7-10.) Whereas the Ephraimites had certain enclave cities in Manasseh, the Manassites were assigned enclave cities (Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-dor, Taanach, and Megiddo, as well as their dependent towns) both in Issachar and Asher. (Jos 16:9; 17:11) The Manassites failed to drive out the Canaanites from these enclave cities but, in time, subjected them to forced labor. (Jos 17:11-13; Jg 1:27, 28; compare 1Ch 7:29.) Two of these enclave cities, Taanach (Aner?) and Ibleam (Bileam or Gath-rimmon?), were assigned to Kohathite Levites.-Jos 21:25, 26; 1Ch 6:70. History. After the distribution of the land had been completed, Joshua blessed the men of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern "half tribe of Manasseh" and encouraged them to continue serving Jehovah. (Jos 22:1-8) They left Shiloh, crossed the Jordan, and then near that river built an altar. This almost precipitated civil war, as the other tribes regarded this as an act of unfaithfulness and rebellion. However, the issue was settled peaceably when it was explained that the altar had been erected, not for sacrifice, but to serve as a memorial of faithfulness to Jehovah.-Jos 22:9-31. In a later period Manassite Judge Gideon was the one used by Jehovah to deliver the Israelites from Midianite oppression. (Jg 6:11-16, 33-35; 7:23; 8:22) Jephthah was evidently yet another judge from the tribe of Manasseh. It was during his judgeship that Israel was liberated from Ammonite harassment.-Jg 11:1, 32, 33. Sometime during the reign of Israel's first king, Saul, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the eastern "half tribe of Manasseh" gained a decisive victory over the Hagrites and their allies. (1Ch 5:10, 18-22) Also in this general period, Manassites, including men of outstanding valor, were among those who deserted Saul to join David. (1Ch 12:19-21) After the death of Saul and his successor Ish-bosheth, 18,000 Manassites from the region W of the Jordan and other thousands from the area E of the Jordan came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel (1070 B.C.E.).-1Ch 12:31, 37, 38. Years later, the extensive religious reforms undertaken by Judean King Asa prompted many Manassites to desert the northern kingdom "when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him." (2Ch 15:8, 9) On the occasion of a grand assembly in the 15th year of Asa's reign (963 B.C.E.), they joined with others in making a covenant to search for Jehovah. (2Ch 15:10, 12) Similarly, in the reign of Judean King Hezekiah (745-717 B.C.E.), while many mocked the messengers sent by him to extend the invitation to come to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration, other Manassites were willing to humble themselves and responded favorably. Thereafter these responsive ones shared in destroying appendages of idolatry.-2Ch 30:1, 10, 11, 18; 31:1. Earlier (c. 760 B.C.E.), Tiglath-pileser (Tilgath-pilneser) III had taken the Manassites living E of the Jordan into exile. (1Ch 5:23-26) About the same time it appears that intertribal conflicts existed between Ephraim and Manasseh. But both tribes were united in their opposition to Judah.-Isa 9:20, 21. Nearly a century after the ten-tribe kingdom came to its end, Judean King Josiah extended his destruction of altars, incense stands, sacred poles, and images, all used for false worship, to the devastated places of Manasseh and other areas outside Judah (from and after 648 B.C.E.). This Judean king also had repair work done on the temple, the work itself being financed by contributions received from Israelites of various tribes, including Manasseh.-2Ch 34:1-11. After the return from Babylonian exile (537 B.C.E.), some Manassites resided at Jerusalem.-1Ch 9:1-3. In Ezekiel's vision, Manasseh's land assignment lay between Naphtali and Ephraim. (Eze 48:4, 5) Manasseh is also represented as one of the tribes of spiritual Israel.-Re 7:6. 3. A name appearing in the Masoretic text at Judges 18:30, because of scribal modification. The account concerns Danite apostasy, and the New World Translation says that "Jonathan the son of Gershom, Moses' son, he and his sons became priests to the tribe of the Danites." (See also AT; Mo; Ro; RS.) Jewish scribes inserted a suspended letter (nun = n) between the first two letters in the original Hebrew name so as to give the reading "Manasseh's" instead of "Moses'," doing so out of regard for Moses. The scribes thus sought to hide the reproach or disgrace that might be brought upon the name of Moses because of Jonathan's action. In addition to the altered Masoretic text, "Manasseh's" appears in the Vatican Manuscript No. 1209 of the Greek Septuagint and in the Syriac Peshitta. However, "Moses'" is found in the Alexandrine Manuscript of the Greek Septuagint and in the Latin Vulgate at Judges 18:30. 4. King of Judah who was the son and successor of King Hezekiah. (2Ki 20:21; 2Ch 32:33) Manasseh's mother was Hephzibah. He was 12 years old when he ascended the throne as the 14th king of Judah after David and ruled for 55 years (716-662 B.C.E.) in Jerusalem. (2Ki 21:1) He did what was bad in Jehovah's eyes, rebuilding the high places his father had destroyed, setting up altars to Baal, worshiping "all the army of the heavens," and building false religious altars in two temple courtyards. He made his sons pass through the fire, practiced magic, employed divination, and promoted spiritistic practices. Manasseh also put the graven image of the sacred pole he had made into the house of Jehovah. He seduced Judah and Jerusalem "to do worse than the nations that Jehovah had annihilated from before the sons of Israel." (2Ki 21:2-9; 2Ch 33:2-9) Though Jehovah sent prophets, these were not heeded. Manasseh was also guilty of shedding innocent blood in great quantity (2Ki 21:10-16), which, according to the literature of the Jewish rabbis, included that of Isaiah, who they say was sawed apart at Manasseh's command.-Compare Heb 11:37. Manasseh was punished for paying no attention to Jehovah's message, the king of Assyria taking him captive to Babylon, one of the Assyrian monarch's royal cities. (2Ch 33:10, 11) 'Manasseh of Judah' is mentioned in Assyrian King Esar-haddon's list of 22 tribute-paying "kings of Hatti, the seashore and the islands." Manasseh's name also appears in a list of kings tributary to Ashurbanipal.-Ancient Near Eastern Texts, edited by J. Pritchard, 1974, pp. 291, 294. While in captivity, Manasseh repented, humbled himself, and prayed to Jehovah. God heard his request for favor and restored him to the kingship in Jerusalem. (2Ch 33:12, 13) Manasseh thereafter "built an outer wall for the City of David," put military chiefs in Judah's fortified cities, and removed the foreign gods and the idol image from Jehovah's house, as well as the altars he had built "in the mountain of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem." Manasseh prepared the altar of Jehovah and began to sacrifice upon it, encouraging others also to serve Jehovah. However, the people were still sacrificing on the high places, though to Jehovah. (2Ch 33:14-17) At Manasseh's death, he was succeeded in the kingship by his son Amon.-2Ch 33:20. 5. An Israelite "of the sons of Pahath-moab" who was among those accepting foreign wives and sending them away "along with sons" in Ezra's day.-Ezr 10:30, 44. 6. Another Israelite, "of the sons of Hashum," among those dismissing their foreign wives because of Ezra's zealous stand for pure worship.-Ezr 10:33, 44.
What is the biblical meaning of 2011?
In the King James version, of the many times that "two thousand" is mentioned,m it is never mentioned in the form "two thousand and nine"..... # Exo 38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. # Num 1:35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. # Num 1:39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. # Num 2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. # Num 2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. # Num 3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. # Num 3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. # Num 4:36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. # Num 4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. # Num 7:85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: # Num 26:14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. # Num 26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. # Num 26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. # Num 31:35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. # Num 35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. # Jos 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. # Jud 7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. # Jud 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. # Jud 20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. # Jud 20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. # 1 Sam 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. # 1 Kin 7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. # 2 Kin 18:23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. # 1 Chr 5:21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. # 1 Chr 7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. # 1 Chr 19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. # 1 Chr 26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. # 2 Chr 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. # 2 Chr 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. # 2 Chr 35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen. # Ezr 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. # Ezr 2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. # Ezr 2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. # Ezr 2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, # Neh 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. # Neh 7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. # Neh 7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. # Neh 7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. # Neh 7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, # Neh 7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. # Neh 7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. # Isa 36:8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. # Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. # Mar 5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. ... so as it isn't mentioned, it cannot be said to have any biblical meaning.
Where does The Bible say 'for?
The Bible mentions the phrase "for it is written" several times as a way to reference passages from the Old Testament. It is often used by Jesus and the apostles to support their teachings with scriptural authority.
