Tribes of Israel
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The Israelites were divided into twelve tribes, according to the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch, Jacob:
The Land of Israel was divided among those tribes, but there were a few exceptions:
- The tribe of Levi got no land but had to do temple duties.
- The tribe of Joseph was divided into two sub tribes: