

So Paul who is an Israelite from the Tribe of Benjamin, wrote in the New Testament “God hath not cast away his people”ġ And it came to pass, upon the third day I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush over against me, and said, Esdras, Esdras.Ģ And I said, Here am I Lord, and I stood up upon my feet.ģ Then said he unto me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself unto Moses, and talked with him, when my people served in Egypt.Ĥ And I sent him, and led my people out of Egypt, and brought him up to the mount of Sinai, where I held him by me, a long season,ĥ And told him many wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end, and commanded him, saying,Ħ These words shalt thou declare, and these shalt thou hide. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying, Reuben lost his rights as first born, as he had defiled his. Jacob had 12 sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher they became the patriarchs of the 12 original Tribes of Israel (Gen. As the verse tells us at the conclusion of the blessings: All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. The 12 Tribes of Israel descended from Abraham through his son Isaac and Isaac's son Jacob. The tribe of Levi was not given territory for it was set apart from the other tribes to serve in the Temple. Each of the twelve tribes reflects a unique path in life.

Upon conquering Israel under the leadership of Joshua, each of the 12 tribes was designated an individual territory in the land. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.Ģ God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. The original ancestors of the Tribes of Israel are 12 of the sons and grandsons of the Jewish forefather Jacob. The Most High did not destroy or cast away his people the Israelites?ġ I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.
