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Indeed, elsewhere (Devarim 33:6) Ramban points out that when Tanakh counts Ephraim and Menashe as two tribes, it omits Levi (or Shimon), such that we never replace the number twelve with thirteen.
During our desert wandering, the twelve tribes were grouped into four divisions when they camped around the tabernacle. Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim of Prague, the Kli Yakar (1550-1619), on Numbers 2:3 ...
And he [Jacob] blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. – Genesis 48:20 This week’s ...
We always assume there are 12 tribes or 12 shevatim. But, let’s do a review. You actually have 13 tribes as Menashe and Ephraim replace Joseph. Joseph gets a double share as he is considered the ...
He was a descendant of Ephraim and thus a member of that tribe (Num. 13:8). As a Hebrew, Joshua would have been a slave that toiled under the cruel Egyptian taskmasters.
Without her documentation, much of the tribe’s history would have been lost. In 2007, Mae died before she had the chance to write a book to consolidate all she had gathered over her years.