Book of Joshua
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The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian
Early 4th-century AD manuscript of Joshua from Egypt, in Coptic translation
Joshua and the Israelites crossing the Jordan (Gustave Doré)
Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant, painted by Benjamin West, 1800
The Ark Passes Over the Jordan (watercolor c. 1896–1902 by James Tissot)
Twelve Tribes of Israel
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The Twelve Tribes of Israel are described in the Hebrew Bible as being the descendants of Jacob, a Hebrew patriarch who was a son of Isaac and thereby a grandson of Abraham. Jacob, later known as Isra
Mosaic depicting the twelve tribes and their Hebrew names, with symbolic images. Asher: a tree Dan: Scales of justice Judah: Kinnor, cithara, and crown, symbolising King David Reuben: Mandrake (Genesis 30:14) Joseph: Palm tree and sheaves of wheat, likely references to the dreams he received as a child (Genesis 37:7) Naphtali: gazelle (Genesis 49:21) Issachar: Sun, moon and stars (1 Chronicles 12:32) Simeon: towers and walls of the city of Shechem
Parentage of Jacob's twelve sons, per Genesis 35
The dying Jacob blesses his twelve sons (Adam van Noort)
The twelve tribes of Israel camped around the tabernacle. (Jan Luyken, 1673)