What are the names of the 12 tribes of Israel & where did they go?

Question

What are the names of the 12 tribes of Israel & where did they go?
I saw a documentary suggesting that a group of Afghans consider themselves to be one of the lost tribes of Israel. Anyone familiar with this?

Answer 1

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Benjamin

I also met a Latino lady from Mexico who claims she is from the tribe of Dan, isn't that insteresting.

Answer 2

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Benjamin. In parts of the Bible, Ephraim and Manasseh are treated as together constituting the House of Joseph, while the Levi have a special religious role and had only scattered cities as territory; whence traditionally either Ephraim and Manasseh were counted as one tribe, or Levi wasn't counted, so that together the tribes were the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

The division into Tribes was geographical, as well as genealogical; each tribe held a distinct territory, though there are a few peculiarities. Levi had no territory, but lived in towns and cities scattered as enclaves within the territory of the other tribes, Simeon's territory was entirely inside the territory of Judah, and Manasseh was split between the half tribe west of the Jordan, and the other half tribe on the eastern side. The Kingdom of Judah consisted of Judah, Simeon, Benjamin, and the parts of Levi within those lands, while the Kingdom of Israel contained Reuben, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, Ephraim, and the remainder of Levi.

The ten lost tribes of Israel is a subject that is partially based upon authenticated and documented historical fact, partially upon written religious tradition and partially upon extreme speculation. There is a vast amount of literature on the Lost Tribes and no specific source can be relied upon for a complete answer.

Please check the link below for further reading.

Answer 3

The 12 tribes of Israel were Jacob's sons. Levi, Judah, Ruben, Simeon , Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Joseph,Gad, Issaker, Nephalti, and Zebulen

Answer 4

This is actually a really interesting topic!

There are several theories as to where the other ten tribes are (there are only two remaining and these are today's Jews). If you do an online search you'll have great fun reading the suggestions about what happened to the other tribes.

Answer 5

When the Kingdom was split many of the Northern Kingdom people moved south. All 14 tribes are represented in Israel today.
There are no lost tribes.

Answer 6

The 12 tribes of Israel were Jacob's sons. Levi, Judah, Ruben, Simeon (Simeon is my son's name), Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Joseph,Gad, Issaker, Nephalti, and Zebulen

Answer 7

this is the rite order
Ruben,Simeon ,Levi, Judah,dan,Issaker, Zebulen,Nephalti,Gad,Asher,Joseph,and Benjamin

Answer 8

Yes . I am familiar with this but I cannot discuss this here for security reasons. But you are on the right track.

Answer 9

Yeah, I have heard about those Afgans. Interesting topic!

Answer 10

http://www.moshiach.com/features/tribes/afghanistan.php
http://www.aish.com/literacy/jewishhistory/Crash_Course_in_Jewish_History_Part_20_-_A_Divided_Nation.asp