Tribes of Israel
The Israelites were divided into twelve tribes, according to the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch, Jacob:
Asher
Benjamin
Dan
Gad
Issachar
Joseph
Judah
Levi
Naphtali
Reuben
Simeon
Zebulun
The Land of Israel was divided among those tribes, but there were a few exceptions:
The tribe of Levi got no land but had to do temple duties.
The tribe of Joseph was divided into two sub tribes:
Ephraim
Manasseh
Old Testament
Ancient Israel and Judah