Re: 144,000 from ALL the tribes (to Mr. Till)

Thore Bjerklund Karlsen (tbk@sn.no)
Mon, 19 May 1997 22:13:08 -0400

In article <33809749.4CD5@intellinet.com>,
Ian Dorion <dorioni@intellinet.com> wrote:

>> yoel-
>> Naftali is one of the tribes. Efraim and Menasheh were the sons of Joseph
>> and they are thought of as distinct tribes. Either they should have listed
>> BOTH Efraim and Menasheh or they should have listed ONLY Joseph (though I'm
>> not sure that the latter would be correct either). To list Joseph and
>> Menasheh is wrong. Also, Dan is missing. Levi is a tribe, but they were an
>> ecclesiastic tribe and I believe did not have land.

>(Ian 5/19) Yoel, learn to spell! Naphtali, not Naftali. :-)- Funny I didn't
>see it the first time.

Well, if this isn't a case of beholding the mote in one's brother's eye, I
don't know what is.. :)

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