What happened to the 21 tribes of Israel?
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Hello:  Noting your question correction regarding the 12 tribes of Israel.   The history of Israel, as recorded in the Tanack, (OT version of the Original Text) indicates that shortly after the invasion of the Assyrian armies, the ten northern Israel tribes were dispersed north to Assyria, and scattered among that nation in assimulation.  The two tribes remaining of the Southern area of Israel, were Judah and Benjamin, along with some of the remnants of several of the northern tribes who fled at the time of the invasion south into Judahs area, notables of that were Levites.  As the survivors were living in the tribal area of Judah, all that lived there became known as Judahites, and that was later shortened to Jews... the majority of Judahites or Jews were later scattered with the additional invasion of the Babylonian conquest, where a strong community grew for the seventy years of captivity, then approximately 20 percent returned to Jerusalem when the Persian king, Cyrus, allowed the Jews to return to rebuild Jerusalem.    The Arab nations that surrounded the area of Israel were not Palestinians, nor were they Phillistines, as the Phillistines inhabited the southern coastal area and were eventually killed or died during their final years in the Philistia area after King Solomons reign.    It was shortly before WWII that England occupied the Israel area, and renamed it Palestinia,  hence the name of all sojourners there became known as Palestinians....which had nothing to do with the previous area of Philistia or Phillistines...Todays present Palestinians are Arab,refugees from the various Arab nations that rejected them from the Arab states of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.   Sincerly
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I beg your pardon, I just finished counting 27, and that was just in Tamil Nadu, India! On the other hand, all these were in the same religion.\n\nThen there's my tribal friends in Papua New Guinea & the Amazon - some of whom don't even keep a count of their gods.
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II think the answer to your Q is at about the 13th paragraph:\n\n\n\n\nWorld's fate hangs on 35 acres: Hal Lindsey looks at growing strife in Israel \n\nNews/Current Events Editorial\nSource: WorldNetDaily.com\nPublished: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 \nPosted on 02/21/2001 00:19:56 PST by JohnHuang2 \n\nI know this must sound crazy, but I believe the fate of the world will be determined by an ancient feud over 35 acres of land. As we look at all of the threats and dangers facing our planet, and evaluate how the major powers and nations fit in, it seems incredible that one small nation, which contains a plot of 35 unusual acres, holds the key to all our futures. \n\nThis may sound arrogant at best, and insane at worst, but I believe there are sound, logical reasons behind my opinion. You may not agree with the following history, but the important thing is, the feuding participants do. \n\nBack on the edge of known history, this area is first mentioned. A priest came to bless Abraham, the forefather of both the Israelites and the Arabs. It was written, "Melchezidek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High." Salem was an early name for Jerusalem, which was a town in Canaan. The major part of this town was a special place called Mount Moriah. This was the beginning of our knowledge of this place. \n\nAbout 40 years later, Abraham was directed by God to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice on this very same mountain. When God saw that Abraham would by faith obey Him, He stopped the sacrifice and provided an animal as a substitute. In response, Abraham named the mountain, "The place where the LORD will provide." \n\nAbout one thousand years later, in approximately 1005 BC, Israel's King David finally captured this city, which was then called "Jebus" and renamed it Jerusalem. Soon after that, David offered a sacrifice of repentance on Mount Moriah. He announced that God had directed Him to build a permanent temple of worship there. \n\nDavid's son Solomon did build a temple there that became the center of Israel's spiritual life. Israel's prophets soon began to warn future generations that their decline in faith and rebellion was going to bring a judgment that would destroy the Temple and Jerusalem. The prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah even predicted that this judgment would come through Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. \n\nJeremiah predicted that the Israelites would be taken and held captive in Babylon for 70 years. Isaiah predicted that afterward a Persian King named Cyrus would allow them to return and begin the reconstruction of the Temple. This prophecy was made 200 years before Cyrus was born, and at a time when Babylon ruled the known world. \n\nAll of this happened precisely as it had been predicted. The Temple was rebuilt on the same site of Solomon's Temple. \n\nThen, a little more than 400 years later, Jesus of Nazareth exploded on the scene and began to claim that He was the long awaited Messiah of which Israel's prophets had all spoken. He showed signs and wonders and pointed to the many prophecies that were fulfilled in His life, works and teaching. \n\nWhen it became evident that He was rejected by the rulers, he made this prediction about the Temple and Jerusalem: " … There will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people, and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled" (Luke 21:23-24). Jesus was crucified on the edge of Mount Moriah, the very spot Abraham had named, "Where the Lord will provide." \n\nThirty-seven years later, the Roman Tenth Legion under Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. The Israelites were scattered throughout the whole world for the next almost 2,000 years. But as predicted throughout by their prophe
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I believe it belongs to both Israel and Palestine. Palestinians rejected the partition plan of 1949 so they ended up without a country which I'm sure they regretted all these years. It's kind of like having two nations living on the same space. It's kind of like Native Americans and White people in America only the Native Americans got a lot worst deal. But now there is a Palestine and an Israel and both parties should respect each other and accept the fact that other isn't going away and deal with it.
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There never has been nor will there ever been a leader who everyone likes. Read the Bible. A lot of Israelites didn't like Moses.
510762
First off there are not as many lost tribes as you think. You have Judah, Benjamin, and Levi scattered in the Jews. the tribe of Dan from Ethiopia has returned to Israel and now the tribe of Manasseh is coming back from India. The Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan has been Identifyed as Asher so who knows if all the tribes will come back or not, but it is sure looking that way.
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We don't have some kind of reference like this one..but why don't u check some kind tribe who lives on the border of India, Nepal and Myanmar..We called them " Hta - Yone " race in Myanmar( I don't know the name in English for sure, but I know that they are very small, thin and short...their tribe now remains only 4 persons..which means that we will lose some ancient tribe after 20  or 30 years from now on..)
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Abraham, Isaac, Jacob are the 3 Patriarchs.  \n\nAbraham was father of Isaac and Ishmael (Arab nations come from Ishmael). \n\nIsaac was father of Jacob and Esau (Roman Empire is said to come from Esau). \n\nJacob fathered the 12 tribes of Israel which is where the Jewish nation comes from.\n\nAbraham's wife was Sarah (a second wife was Hagar who bore Ishmael).\n\nIsaac's wife Rebbecca (Rebecca bore both Jacob and Esau)\n\nJacob's 2 wives Rachel and Leah (plus 2 more wives Bilhah and Zilpah who fathered some of the 12 tribes as well).\n\nSarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah are the 4 matriarchs.\n\nThere are many stories of all of them mainly in Genesis. They are our role models in their relationship to G-d and desire to do His Will. We also emulate their character traits such as kindness, compassion, etc.  Abraham was the first to turn away from Paganism as he ascertained by looking at the world around him that there must be One G-d, Creator of heavens and earth.  It is debated whether the  Patriarchs and Matriarchs were considered "Jewish" since the Jews did not become a nation till a few hundred  years later upon receiving the Torah at Sinai.  \n\nAlthough I've seen it mentioned several times on this site, it is NOT true that Jews only come from the tribe of Judah, although the root word of Judah and Jews is the same.  Jews today come from Levi, Judah and Benjamin.  The rest of the tribes are considered to be lost and will be reclaimed in future time.\n\nHope this answers your question.
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There are so many tribes it would be a long list.  Instead here is a website : \n\nhttp://www.canadiangenealogy.net/indians/\n\nHas a list of tribes their history.
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If you're talking about the "states" (Administraive Divisions), there are a total of 21:\n\nAden\nAl Bayda\nAl Dali\nAl Hudaydah\nAl Jawf\nAl Mahrah\nAl Mahwit\nAmran\nDhamar\nHadramawt\nHajjah\nIbb\nLahij\nMa'rib\nRaimah\nSa'dah\nSan'a'\nSan'a' [City] (Capital)\nShabwah\nSocotra\nTa'izz
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An amusing little question.  It could be said that god demanded the six million as down payment for allowing the State of Israel to be (re)created.  After all, when he first gave the land to the Jews he demanded that they exterminate the native population.
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The 10 lost tribes were the northern tribes.  When the kingdom split after Solomon, the country divided into Ephraim, in the north, and Judah, in the south.\n\nThe 10 Northern tribes were taken captive before Judah, and were lost in the nations to the north.  They never returned.  But Judah was restored after captivity.\n\nJudah and Benjamin, were the two remaining.
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Palestinians been living there since we know time.  Now there comes militans Zionst Jews claiming it was there land 5000 years ago.  Zionsts came with major fire power and snatched it away from Palestininans.  What if I came to your house and told you I used to own this land 5000 years ago and I have God given rights, what would you do?
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It all started out only as Arabs against Israelis which eventually turned into Muslims against Jews because, most Muslims are Arabs (but not all Arabs are Muslims, and there are Muslims who are not Arabs) and Israelis are Jews.\n\nHow did this started?  It all started way-back in the Time of Abraham.  Abraham's wife, Sarah, was not able to bear children so she let her husband to take one of her maid to bed for the sake of child-birth.\n\nThat maid did gave birth to a son, Ishmael.  Sarah eventually was blessed with a son, Isaac.  Thus, Ishmael and his mother were both exiled into the desert by the order of Sarah.\n\nGuess what?  Arabs are from the line of Ishmael whilst the Jews are the lineage of Isaac.  They are fighting for the Right of Inheritance over their "Father's Land".  Sibling issues that gone international, crazy.
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Read Numbers 16.  God opened the ground and swallowed Korah, his followers and their families.  He also sent fire from the sky to kill the rest of the 250.  You would think the rest of the Israelites learned their lesson...but they complained and whined the very next day and God sent a plague of death sweeping across the camps until Aaron atoned for their sins.
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The Israelite tribe records were destroyed in AD 70 when the Jerusalem temple was wiped out by the Romans. So no one can definitively say what (if any) Israelite tribe they descended from.
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I believe that it happened but not exactly like its told in the bible...you should watch the documentary called the Exodus Decoded. It's really well put together and it makes you realize alot of things.