Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tribe' occurs 247 times in the standard works.

141 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tribe' in the standard works and contain 57.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 63 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 6:60-80 (23 in 21 verses)

Josh. 20:8-21:17 (19 in 19 verses)

Num. 34:13-28 (16 in 16 verses)

Num. 13:2-15 (14 in 14 verses)

Num. 36:3-12 (13 in 10 verses)

Rev. 7:5-8 (12 in 4 verses)

Num. 31:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 22:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:67-68 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 223 105 328
Gen. 0 2 2
Ex. 6 3 9
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 84 12 96
Deut. 6 12 18
Josh. 73 19 92
Judg. 8 7 15
1 Sam. 3 5 8
2 Sam. 0 7 7
1 Kgs. 6 7 13
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 32 4 36
2 Chr. 0 5 5
Ezra 0 1 1
Ps. 2 4 6
Isa. 0 3 3
Ezek. 1 10 11
Hosea 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 19 7 26
BM 3 20 23
DC 2 6 8
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 247 140 387

Josh. 1:12
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

Josh. 3:12
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

Josh. 4:2
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Josh. 4:4
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

Josh. 4:5
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Josh. 4:8
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

Josh. 4:12
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

Josh. 7:1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

Josh. 7:14
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.

Josh. 7:16
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

Josh. 7:18
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

Josh. 11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

Josh. 12:6
Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Josh. 12:7
And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

Josh. 13:7
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Josh. 13:14
Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Josh. 13:15
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

Josh. 13:24
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

Josh. 13:29
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

Josh. 13:33
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Josh. 14:1
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

Josh. 14:2
By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

Josh. 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

Josh. 14:4
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

Josh. 15:1
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

Josh. 15:20
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

Josh. 15:21
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

Josh. 16:8
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

Josh. 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Josh. 18:2
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

Josh. 18:4
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

Josh. 18:7
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.

Josh. 18:11
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

Josh. 18:21
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

Josh. 19:1
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

Josh. 19:8
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

Josh. 19:23
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

Josh. 19:24
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

Josh. 19:31
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Josh. 19:39
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

Josh. 19:40
And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

Josh. 19:48
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Josh. 19:51
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

Josh. 20:8
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

Josh. 21:1
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Josh. 21:4
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Josh. 21:5
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

Josh. 21:6
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

Josh. 21:7
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Josh. 21:9
And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

Josh. 21:16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

Josh. 21:17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:20
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Josh. 21:23
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:25
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

Josh. 21:27
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.

Josh. 21:28
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:30
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:32
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

Josh. 21:34
And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:36
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:38
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

Josh. 22:1
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Josh. 22:7
Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

Josh. 22:9
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

Josh. 22:10
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

Josh. 22:11
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

Josh. 22:13
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

Josh. 22:14
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

Josh. 22:15
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

Josh. 22:21
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

Josh. 23:4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

Josh. 24:1
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.