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  2. Tribe of Levi - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Although the Levites were not counted in the census among the children of Israel, they were numbered separately as a special army. [5] Illustration of the allotment of land to the Levites (Numbers 35:4–5) Map of the territory of Benjamin. Note the area around the cities allotted to the Levites, per Numbers 35:4–5

  3. Levite - Wikipedia

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    Having a last name of Levi or a related term does not necessarily mean a person is a Levite, and many well-known Levites do not have such last names. [27] Levitical status is passed down in families from father [c] to child born from a Jewish mother, as part of a family's genealogical tradition.

  4. Ten Lost Tribes - Wikipedia

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    Delegation of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, bearing gifts to the Assyrian ruler Shalmaneser III, c. 840 BCE, on the Black Obelisk, British Museum. The scriptural basis for the idea of lost tribes is 2 Kings 17:6: "In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the ...

  5. Levi - Wikipedia

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    Levi (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ / LEE-vy; Hebrew: לֵוִי, Modern: Levī, Tiberian: Lēwī) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and Miriam. [3]

  6. History of ancient Israel and Judah - Wikipedia

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    While alternative translations exist, the majority of biblical archaeologists translate a set of hieroglyphs as "Israel", representing the first instance of the name Israel in the historical record. The Canaanite city state system broke down during the Late Bronze Age collapse , [ 21 ] and Canaanite culture was then gradually absorbed into ...

  7. Category:Levites - Wikipedia

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    Levites are members of the Tribe of Levi, who in ancient times served particular religious duties for the Israelites and had political responsibilities as well. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.

  8. Kenites - Wikipedia

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    The word qēni (קֵינִי) [4] was a patronymic derived from the word qayin (Hebrew: קַיִן). [5] There are several competing etymologies. According to the German Orientalist Wilhelm Gesenius, the name is derived from the name Cain, [5] the same name as Cain, the son of Adam and Eve.

  9. Archaeology and the Book of Mormon - Wikipedia

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    The most widespread and significant of these calendars was the 260-day calendar, formed by combining 20 named days with 13 numerals in successive sequence (13 × 20 = 260). [147] Another system of perhaps equal antiquity is the 365-day calendar, approximating the solar year, formed from 18