{"query": "Easton: Tribe", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_8d80f1b2f1aa", "title": "Easton: Tribe", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A collection of families descending from one ancestor. The “twelve tribes” of the Hebrews were the twelve collections of families which sprang from the sons of Jacob. In Matt. 24:30 the word has a wid"}, {"id": "card_n_505139b1b9ab", "title": "Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, “Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words” (Gen. 49:21). It was intended thus to set forth under poetic imagery the future characte"}, {"id": "card_n_01852b1c1d1c", "title": "Easton: Simeon, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wild"}, {"id": "card_n_3f0a9102027b", "title": "Easton: Judah, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Judah and his three surviving sons went down with Jacob into Egypt (Gen. 46:12; Ex. 1:2). At the time of the Exodus, when we meet with the family of Judah again, they have increased to the number of 7"}, {"id": "card_c_b01281abd616", "title": "Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of references Tribe", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Tribe (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_44ff4f44d6ee", "title": "Easton: Zebulun, Tribe of references Tribe", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Tribe (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_c42ad4111361", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob’s blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the fo"}, {"id": "card_c_cca2f4390d6b", "title": "Easton: Issachar references Tribe", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Tribe (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_m_103ff8848492", "title": "Easton: Rakkon shares a section with Easton: Reuben, Tribe of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Rakkon shares a section with Easton: Reuben, Tribe of."}, {"id": "card_c_m_a801e0160353", "title": "Easton: Jether shares a section with Easton: Judah, Tribe of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Jether shares a section with Easton: Judah, Tribe of."}, {"id": "card_c_m_fe28644fe5e9", "title": "Easton: Joktheel shares a section with Easton: Judah, Tribe of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Joktheel shares a section with Easton: Judah, Tribe of."}, {"id": "card_c_m_5135a92885e0", "title": "Easton: Mantle shares a section with Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Mantle shares a section with Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of."}, {"id": "card_c_m_2e1436f5c22b", "title": "Easton: Zebulun, Tribe of shares a section with Easton: Version", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Zebulun, Tribe of shares a section with Easton: Version."}, {"id": "card_c_m_2edd54963b10", "title": "Easton: Zebulun, Tribe of shares a section with Easton: Witchcraft", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Zebulun, Tribe of shares a section with Easton: Witchcraft."}, {"id": "card_c_m_afef5f697842", "title": "Easton: Simeon, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Tappuah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Simeon, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Tappuah."}, {"id": "card_c_m_bd460a8baabe", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Flesh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Flesh."}, {"id": "card_c_m_b6a1ed0b6d7c", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Humiliation of Christ", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Humiliation of Christ."}, {"id": "card_n_77e9c7a12acc", "title": "Easton: Kenites", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Smiths, the name of a tribe inhabiting the desert lying between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai. Jethro was of this tribe (Judg. 1:16). He is called a “Midianite” (Num. 10:29), and hence"}, {"id": "card_n_45636819ef17", "title": "Easton: Levite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A descendant of the tribe of Levi (Ex. 6:25; Lev. 25:32; Num. 35:2; Josh. 21:3, 41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the subordi"}, {"id": "card_n_32cb09b0f521", "title": "Easton: Reuben, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "At the Exodus numbered 46,500 male adults, from twenty years old and upwards (Num. 1:20, 21), and at the close of the wilderness wanderings they numbered only 43,730 (26:7). This tribe united with tha"}]}