Question: Hebrew Tribes
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Feb 22, 2009, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rosends View Post
The current Jews are descended from the Kingdom of Judah (the Southern Kingdom) which was made of the very large tribe of Judah and the smaller tribe of Benjamin. Mixed in were the members of the tribe of Levi (both levites and priests) who had no independent cites and were interspersed among all. As such, all modern Jews stem from one of those 3 tribes -- the kohen/priest and the levite are from levi and the rest are probably from Judah as the numbers of Judah far outstripped the numbers from Benjamin (we are the commoners, the "Israel" caste when it comes to honors in the synagogue).
The modern day Jew then is from one of two tribes from what you are saying? Judah or Levite... (note to include the 10 other tribes of Israelites)

Yet that would not clearly establish from what I had thought... That the House of David also known as Judah is viewed as a Jewish nation that is the House of David who ruled over 12 tribes. And the Levite or Kohen are set separate from that only because they are the priesthood of Aaron yet are included as a (one) separate tribe.
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