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Tribes of Israel   /traɪbz əv ˈɪzriəl/   Listen
Tribes of Israel

noun
1.
Twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob.  Synonym: Twelve Tribes of Israel.






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... and completed under the pious promptings of religion and ancient Free-Masonry, was reared alone by the hands of slaves! Egypt's venerable and enduring pyramids were reared by the hands of slaves! Involuntary servitude, reduced to a science, existed in ancient Assyria and Babylon. The ten tribes of Israel were carried off to Assyria by Shalmanezer, and the two strong tribes of Judah were subsequently carried in triumph by Nebuchadnezzar to end their days in Babylon as slaves, and to labor to adorn the city. Ancient Phoenicia and Carthage were literally overrun with slavery, because the ...
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Words linked to "Tribes of Israel" :   kin, tribe, kinship group, clan, kindred, Lost Tribes, kin group



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