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Ten Lost Tribes

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the oak in the shade of its branches, and no one was with me – I was alone. And I wrote two letters: one I sent by eagle to the nine and a half tribes; and the other I sent to those that were in Babylon by the hands of three men. And I called the eagle and said to it, 'The Most High created you to be the king of all the birds. Go now: stop nowhere on your journey: neither look for any roosting place, not settle on any tree, till you have crossed the broad waters of the river Euphrates, ands come to the people who dwell there, and laid this letter at their feet.' This is the letter that Baruch, the son of Neriah, sent to the nine and a half tribes, which were across the river Euphrates, in which these things were written. 'Baruch, the son of Neriah, to his brothers in captivity, Mercy and peace to you. I can never forget, my brothers, the love of him who created us, who loved us from the beginning and never hated us, but rather subjected us to discipline. Nor can I forget that all we of the twelve tribes are united by a common bond, inasmuch as we are descended from a single father. '
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gathering of Israel means that the covenant people will be 'gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise' (2 Nephi 9:2). The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh will be gathered in the Americas. The tribe of Judah will return to the city of Jerusalem and the area surrounding it. The ten lost tribes will receive from the tribe of Ephraim their promised blessings (see D&C 133:26–34). ... The physical gathering of Israel will not be complete until the Second Coming of the Savior and on into the Millennium (see Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:37)."
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to another land. But they formed this plan for themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the nations and go to a more distant region, where mankind had never lived, that there at least they might keep their statutes which they had not kept in their own land. And they went in by the narrow passages of the Euphrates river. For at that time the Most High performed signs for them, and stopped the channels of the river until they had passed over. Through that region there was a long way to go, a journey of a year and a half; and that country is called
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of such a decline one may list death by war, disease, and starvation; forced deportations to other lands; and migrations to other areas, including south to Judah. This brings us back to the question with which we began: What happened to the "ten lost tribes?" A significant portion of the "ten lost tribes" was never lost. In the region of Samaria, most of the indigenous Israelite population—those who survived the Assyrian onslaughts—remained in the land.
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to Africa in search of gold, where they took wives and established new communities. They specifically adhere to religious practices which are similar to those which exist in Judaism and they also have a tradition of being a migrant people, with clues which point to their origin in either West Asia or
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are not descended from the original Israelites, instead, Black Hebrew Israelites believe that European Jews are "impostors". For this reason, the group is frequently considered antisemitic. They are not recognized as Jews by any major Jewish organization and they are also not recognized by the modern
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knew about when they discovered them, it was theorized that the ancient civilizations which were involved in the construction of the mounds were linked to the Lost Tribes. The discoverers of the mounds tried to fit the new information which they acquired as the result of their archaeological findings
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What one finds in the Samarian hills is not the wholesale replacement of one local population by a foreign population, but rather the diminution of the local population. Widespread abandonment does not occur as in parts of Galilee and Gilead, but significant depopulation does occur. Among the causes
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The Bene Ephraim, also called Telugu Jews, claim descent from the tribe of Ephraim. Since the 1980s, they have learned to practice modern Judaism. They say that they traveled from Israel through western Asia: Persia, Afghanistan, Tibet and into China for 1,600 years before arriving in southern India
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says: "as it is this day" – just as this day grows dark and then bright again, so too the ten tribes who have been darkened will eventually be brightened . ... Rabbi Shimon ben Yehuda of the village of Akko says in the name of Rabbi Shimon: If their deeds remain "as this day" , they will not return;
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And as for your seeing him gather to himself another multitude that was peaceable, these are the ten tribes which were led away from their own land into captivity in the days of King Hoshea, whom Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, led captive; he took them across the river, and they were taken
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community. However, this has not stopped various religions from asserting that some survived as distinct entities. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, a professor of Middle Eastern history, states: "The fascination with the tribes has generated, alongside ostensibly nonfictional scholarly studies, a massive body of
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states: "In historic fact, some members of the Ten Tribes remained in the land of Israel, where apart from the Samaritans some of their descendants long preserved their identity among the Jewish population, others were assimilated, while others were presumably absorbed by the last Judean exiles who
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manual. "The Lord promised that His covenant people would someday be gathered .... God gathers His children through missionary work. As people come to a knowledge of Jesus Christ, receiving the ordinances of salvation and keeping the associated covenants, they become 'the children of the covenant'
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But, as you asked me, I will write a letter to your brothers in Babylon, and I will send it by the hands of men; and I will write also a similar letter to the nine and a half tribes, and send it by means of a bird. And on the twenty-first day of the eighth month, I, Baruch, came and sat down under
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reported that the Israeli government was planning to fund a genetic study to test the veracity of a genetic link between the Pashtuns and the lost tribes of Israel. The article stated that "Historical and anecdotal evidence strongly suggests a connection, but definitive scientific proof has never
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by the prophet Moses, who appeared in 1836 in the Kirtland Temple. ... The Israelites are to be gathered spiritually first and then physically. They are gathered spiritually as they join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and make and keep sacred covenants. ... The physical
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may be the direct descendants of some of the Ten Lost Tribes. Parfitt writes that "the spread of the fantasy of Israelite origin ... forms a consistent feature of the Western colonial enterprise. ... It is in fact in Japan that we can trace the most remarkable evolution in the Pacific of an
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accounts concerning the Lost Tribes, based on biblical accounts, have been produced by Jews and Christians since at least the 17th century. An increased currency of tales relating to lost tribes that occurred in the 17th century was due to the confluence of several factors. According to
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which were encountered at the time of the European discovery were actually the descendants of the Ten Tribes of Israel and for the first time, he tried to gain support for the theory from European thinkers and publishers. Menasseh noted how important Montezinos' account was,
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Some scholars suggest that while deportations took place both before and after the destruction of Israel (722–720 BCE), they were less significant than a cursory reading of the Bible's account of them indicates. During the earlier Assyrian invasions, the
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Ievves in America, or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that race. With the removall of some contrary reasonings, and earnest desires for effectuall endeavours to make them Christian. / Proposed by Tho: Thorovvgood, B.D. one of the Assembly of
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explicitly mentions northern Israelites who had been spared by the Assyrians—in particular, members of Dan, Ephraim, Manasseh, Asher, and Zebulun—and how members of the latter three returned to worship at the Temple in Jerusalem at that time.
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arguing that "this myth is a vital feature of colonial discourse throughout the long period of European overseas empires, from the beginning of the fifteenth century, until the later half of the twentieth". Along with
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been found. Some leading Israeli anthropologists believe that, of all the many groups in the world which claim to have a connection to the 10 lost tribes, the Pashtuns, or Pathans, have the most compelling case."
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Grammar of the dialects of vernacular Syriac: as spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, north-west Persia, and the Plain of Mosul: with notices of the vernacular of the Jews of Azerbaijan and of Zakhu near
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Discourse on the evidences of the American Indians being the descendants of the lost tribes of Israel [microform] : delivered before the Mercantile Library Association, Clinton Hall
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during the early 19th century although nominally practicing Judaism. Because of the long period in which the people were not practicing Judaism, they did not develop any distinctly identifiable
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Thomas, MG; Parfitt, T; Weiss, DA; et al. (1 February 2000), "Y Chromosomes Traveling South: The Cohen Modal Haplotype and the Origins of the Lemba – the "Black Jews of Southern Africa"",
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or northwest Pakistan which flourished from about the 7th century to the early 20th century, but has essentially disappeared from the region due to emigration to Israel since the 1950s.
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in response to the tract by Thorowgood. In response to L'Estrange, in 1660, Thorowgood published a second edition of his book with a revised title and a foreword which was written by
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to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. Therefore, it is assumed that the majority of people who survived the Assyrian invasions remained in the area. According to researchers, the
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The enduring mysteries which surround the disappearance of the tribes later became sources of numerous (largely mythological) narratives in recent centuries, with historian
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in 597–586 BCE were deported to Assyria ... Unlike the Judeans of the southern Kingdom, who survived a similar fate 135 years later, they soon assimilated ..."
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did witness large-scale deportations, and entire tribes were lost. Historians have generally concluded that the deported tribes assimilated into the local population. In
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imagined Judaic past. As elsewhere in the world, the theory that aspects of the country were to be explained via an Israelite model was introduced by Western agents."
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He wrote on 23 December 1649: "I think that the Ten Tribes live not only there ... but also in other lands scattered everywhere; these never did come back to the
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The traditions surrounding the Pashtuns being the remote descendants of the "Lost Tribes of Israel" are to be distinguished from the historical existence of the
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is the stick of Ephraim (or Joseph) mentioned and that the Bible is the stick of Judah, thus comprising two witnesses for Jesus Christ. The church believes the
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Weil, Shalva (17 October 2017). "Lost Israelites From the Indo-Burmese Borderlands: Re-Traditionalisation and Conversion Among the Shinlung or Bene Menasseh".
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and Judaism. In 2005, the chief rabbi of Israel ruled that the Bnei Menashe are descended from a lost tribe. Based on the ruling, Bnei Menashe are allowed to
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to be a collection of records by prophets of the ancient Americas, written on plates of gold and translated by Joseph Smith c. 1830. The church considers the
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The Works of Josephus, Complete and Unabridged New Updated Edition Translated by William Whiston, A.M., Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1987.
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in 1290. It can be argued that Cromwell stopped enforcing the ban on Jewish immigrants because he believed the English to be one of the ten lost tribes.
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are the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes. The group believe that, following their displacement, the Ten Lost Tribes migrated to and settled in
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after they formally convert to Judaism. In 2021, 4,500 Bnei Menashe had made aliyah to Israel; 6,000 Bnei Menashe in India hope to make aliyah.
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during the 8th century BCE; they were subsequently relocated to the Assyrian capital. During the first century BCE, the Assyrian royal house of
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estimated that only a fifth of the population (about 40,000) were actually resettled out of the area during the two deportation periods under
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As Michael Pollack shows, Menasseh's argument was based on "three separate and seemingly unrelated sources: a verse from the book of Isaiah,
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in the late 19th century led to a revival or a reworking of accounts of the Lost Tribes. For instance, because the construction of the
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The theory first arose in England and then it spread to the United States. During the 20th century, British Israelism was promoted by
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However, during his other research projects, Parfitt discovered the possible existence of some ethnic links between several older
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The Veil Lifted from All Nations. Discovery of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Israelitish Origin of the English and Prussians, Etc
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In 1929 Lazar Borodulin published what is believed to be the first and possibly only Yiddish-language science fiction novel ,
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from the colonial era and they have elucidated that such theories served diverse functions for the writers who proposed them.
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and the Middle East, especially in those Jewish communities which were established in pre-colonial times. For example, in his
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Die Verwandlungen des Mythos vom Reich des PriesterkĂśnigs Johannes. Rom, Byzanz und die Christen des Orients im Mittelalter
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have been conclusively linked to various Native groups, and today, archaeologists consider the theory of non-Native origin
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for the Scriptures do not tell what people first inhabited those Countries; neither was there mention of them by any, til
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Zachernuk, Philip (1994). "Of Origins and Colonial Order: Southern Nigerians and the 'Hamitic Hypothesis' c. 1870–1970".
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several hundred years ago and settled in East Africa. Sena is an abandoned ancient town in Yemen, located in the eastern
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emphasizes the fact that DNA evidence shows that there are no genetic links between Japanese and Israelite people.
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has documented various differing tribes and peoples claiming affiliation to the Lost Tribes throughout the world.
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and the Machi No Hito of the large towns, by dwelling in the tent or tabernacle shaped houses first erected by
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DNA tests have found the Lemba share similarities with certain Jewish populations in the rest of the world.
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Weil, Shalva (2008). "The Pathans of Afghanistan and their Israelite Status". In Ehrlich, M. Avrum (ed.).
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Genetics, mass media and identity : a case study of the genetic research on the Lemba and Bene-Israel
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of 1861). Recently (2000s), interest in the topic has been revived by the Jerusalem-based anthropologist
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The ten tribes will not eventually return, as is said: "He sent them to another land as it is this day" (
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Weil, Shalva (2012). "Longing for Jerusalem Among the Beta Israel of Ethiopia". In Bruder, Edith (ed.).
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argues that, despite the etymological similarities between Kashmiri and Jewish surnames, the Kashmiri
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The Lost Tribe. Being the Strange Adventures of Raphael Drale in Search of the Lost Tribes of Israel
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Knoppers, Gary (2013). "The Fall of the Northern Kingdom and the Ten Lost Tribes: A Reevaluation".
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hail from the Pashtun tribes and they do not necessarily disclaim their alleged Israelite descent.
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Lucotte, G; Smets, P (1999). "Origins of Falasha Jews studied by haplotypes of the Y chromosome".
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The Bible unearthed: archaeology's new vision of ancient Israel and the origin of its sacred texts
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more than 1,000 years ago. They hold a history which they say is similar to that of the shift of
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Centuries after their disappearance, the ten lost tribes sent an indirect but vital sign ... In
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Sanders, Edith (1963). "The Hamitic Hypothesis: Its Origin and Functions in Time Perspective".
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History's shadow : Native Americans and historical consciousness in the nineteenth century
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Lyman, Stanford M. (1998). "The Lost Tribes of Israel as a Problem in History and Sociology".
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Neubauer, A. (1888). "Where Are the Ten Tribes?: I. Bible, Talmud, and Midrashic Literature".
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Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory § Middle Eastern origin stories
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remained loyal to Rehoboam, and formed the Kingdom of Judah. In addition, members of the
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There has been speculation regarding various ethnic groups, which would be regarded as
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Weil, Shalva (2015). "Tribes, Ten Lost". In Patai, Raphael; Bar -Itzhak, Haya (eds.).
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by a Jew in Israel sometime before the end of the first century CE, shortly after the
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claim that Israelites of the tribe of Benjamin first arrived in the area of modern
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Kirsch, Stuart (1997). "Lost Tribes: Indigenous People and the Social Imaginary".
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That some or all American Indians are part of the lost tribes is suggested by the
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in the New Testament names her as being of the (lost) tribe of Asher (Luke 2:36).
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Delegation of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, bearing gifts to the Assyrian ruler
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refute the possibility of a connection, whereas others maintain a link. In 2010,
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did witness large-scale deportations, and entire tribes were lost; the tribes of
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survived the Assyrian onslaught and remained in the land, eventually forming the
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missionary to the Indians who had translated the Bible into an Indian language.
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claim to be the descendants of several Jewish men who traveled from what is now
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debates whether or not the ten lost tribes will eventually be reunited with the
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by the Romans . It is one of a group of texts later designated as the so-called
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Since the late 20th century, some tribes in the Indian North-Eastern states of
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Index

Ten lost tribes of Israel
Lost tribe
Tribes of Israel

Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Issachar
Zebulun
Joseph
Manasseh
Ephraim
Benjamin
Caleb
Keni
Rechab
Jerahmeel
Leaders
Israelites
Ten Lost Tribes
Jews
Samaritans
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