There is a difference between the twelve tribes of Israel and the

twelve sons of Israel.

“Israel” is the name that God gave Jacob (Genesis 32:28).

His twelve sons are: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan,

Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulon,

Joseph, and Benjamin (Genesis

35:23-26;Exodus 1:1-4;1 Chronicles 2:1-2).

When the tribes inherited the Promised Land, Levi's descendants did not receive a territory for themselves.

Joseph did not receive a tribe, either—Jacob had adopted Joseph’s two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, essentially giving Joseph a double portion for his faithfulness in saving the family from famine (Genesis 47:11-12).

12 Sons vs 12 Tribes

• Reuben

• Simeon

• Judah

• Dan

• Naphtali

• Gad

• Asher

• Issachar

• Zebulon

• Benjamin

• Joseph

• Levi

• Reuben

• Simeon

• Judah

• Dan

• Naphtali

• Gad

• Asher

• Issachar

• Zebulon

• Benjamin

• Ephraim

• Manasseh

Civil War

North• Reuben

• Dan

• Naphtali

• Gad

• Asher

• Issachar

• Zebulon

• Ephraim

• Manasseh

South

• Judah – Jesus was from Judah

• Simeon

• Benjamin– Paul was from Benjamin

12 Tribes vs 144,000

• Reuben• Simeon• Judah• Dan• Naphtali• Gad• Asher• Issachar• Zebulon• Benjamin• Ephraim• Manasseh

• Reuben• Simeon• Judah• Levi• Naphtali• Gad• Asher• Issachar• Zebulon• Benjamin• Joseph• Manasseh

2 Tribes missing

Dan and Ephraim

Ephraim’s demiseHosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

Hosea 5:14

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue

him.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

Dan’s demise

Amos 8:14

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and

never rise up again.

Deuteronomy 29:18-2118 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family,

or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

Dan as a city

Genesis 14:14

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants,

born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

Dan a sonGenesis 30:1-6

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my

voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

• Rachel envied her sister

• Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her

And Rachel said:

• God hath judged me

– True

• heard my voice

– True

• given me a son

– No, he gave Jacob a son. Not of man from God

– She had man physically but not spiritualy

Prophecy

• Genesis 49:17

– Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path

• Deuteronomy 33:22

– Dan is a lion's whelp

• Revelation 12:9, Gen. 3:1

– And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

• 1 Peter 5:8, Job 1:7

– Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Interesting story from Dan

Leviticus 24:10-1110 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose

father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

Judge from Dan

• Sampson is the only Judge from Dan (Judges 13:2)

• Sampson commits Suicide

Putting it all together: Ephraim & Dan

• http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/Judg.17

• Micah (from Ephraim)

• Mother cursed couldn’t find money for her image.

• A Levite shows up (priest called Father)

• 17:13 a Levite to my priest.

Judges 18• 5 men from Dan (@

Zorah, Eshtaol) want a new territory for the tribe

• Stop over night @ Micah’s house, then go spy out Laish

• Bring back an army and take Micah’s ‘Father’ priest to their new land

• 1Kings 11:5

481 yrs later

1 Kings 16:29-3129 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of

Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel…

30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

1 Kings 16

• Ahab: Brother of the father32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the

house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more

to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

• Judg. 2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

• Ashtaroth is the female goddess of fertility, love, and war

• Her husband Baal was both the sun-god and storm-god. He was worshiped as sun-god when the people wished to express thanks and gratitude for light and warmth and fertility

2 Tribes became RC, calling for Gods wrath.

• Jer. 44:17-25

• Rev. 17:1-5

• Deut. 31:16