The Lost Ten Tribes are in Europe. Updated 14 September 2025, 21 Elul 5785.

The Jews are Judah.

Contents:
1. Foreward.
2. Branches of Judah.
3. Judah became the Jews of Today:
4. The Jews will have kept the Law.
5. The Jews will have kept the Prophesied Fast Days.
6. The Jews will be mistakenly known as "Israel."
7. Judah to Return Before the Other Tribes.
8. Tlhe Jews Still Identified as Judah.
9. Menesseh ben Israel (1604-1657):
Judah Scattered, the Lost Ten Tribes concentrated in a few definite areas.
10. Britain, Western Europe, and Atlantic Coast to become part of Israel.
11. Proofs of the LTTs being in Western Europe.

12. Why the Jews are Judah from the Bible - 12 Main Points
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1. Foreward.
The Peoples of Israel were divided into 2 sections Judah and the Lost Ten Tribes headed by Joseph.
Judah represents the Jews of Today whereas the LTTs (Lost Ten Tribes) are to be found among Western nations headed in principle by Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh) . We identify Joseph with the English-speaking peoples. The ancestors of the English-speaking peoples and their kinfolk in Western Europe came from Tribes of Israel who separated from Judah, were exiled, lost awareness of their ancestry, and moved westward.

Meanwhile Judah became the Jews.
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2. Branches of Judah.
There are two main branches of the Jews, Sephardic Jews ,and Ashkenazim.

Ashkenazi Jews are descendants of Jews from European areas. Sephardic Jews originally were considered those from Spain and Mediterranean regions. Today the term "Sephardic" is used to encompass all non-Ashkenazi Jews including those of eastern areas.
DNA studies at present claim that Jewish DNA shows the Sephardic males to have mainly Near Eastern (Land of Israel area) origins whereas the females (mtDNA) are more of local North African or Middle Eastern type. Female mtDNA however is less reliable. DNA can change we will begin (God willing) to explain in coming articles.

DNA in general is less reliable than claimed. For one thing they think in terms of changes taking place over hundreds of 1000s of years but in some cases they only have a few hundred!
The DNA of Ashkenazi males is said to reflect half Near Eastern origins and half local European especially that of Italy, alongside Central and Eastern Europe. The mtDNA of Ashekenazi female Jews is also identified as mainly European with an emphasis on Italy and southern France.

See:
DNA - JEWISH, Ashkenazi.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/dna/jewish/ashkenazi/

DNA - JEWISH, Sephbaric.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/dna/jewish/sephardic.html

It may be however that both YDNA and mtDNA can change, That would answer more questions than it would open. What are they hiding from us?

Animals react to the environment as groups not as individuals. The same applies to DNA change. Whole populations, or segments of them,  change at one and the same time.

The DNA findings may need eventually to be revised.
Even if they were correct it would not matter.
The Bible is what determines who belongs to Judah and who does not.
The Bible identifies the Jews of Today with Judah!

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3. Judah became the Jews of Today:

See:
Steven Collins, "The Jews are Judah!"
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/jew/collinsjudah.html

See Also:
Yair Davidiy:
Why the Jews Are Judah!
Proof that the Present-Day Jews are the Judah of Scripture.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/jew/judah/

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4. The Jews will have kept the Law.
The Jews kept the Law as it had been prophesied that Judah would:
Psalms 60:9, 108:90; Genesis 49:10; Zechariah 8:23.

Psalms (TCT) 6:
9 GILEAD IS MINE, AND MANASSEH IS MINE, AND EPHRAIM IS THE STRENGTH OF MY HEAD; JUDAH IS MY LAWGIVER.

Zechariah (TCT) 8:
23 SO SAID THE LORD OF HOSTS: IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN TEN MEN OF ALL THE LANGUAGES OF THE NATIONS SHALL TAKE HOLD OF THE SKIRT OF A JEWISH MAN, SAYING, "LET US GO WITH YOU, FOR WE HAVE HEARD THAT GOD IS WITH YOU."

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5. The Jews will have kept the Prophesied Fast Days.
The Jews keep the four fasts of mourning over the Destruction of the Second Temple as prophesied by Zechariah 8:19, i.e.

Zechariah (TCT) 8:
19 SO SAID THE LORD OF HOSTS: THE FAST OF THE FOURTH [MONTH], THE FAST OF THE FIFTH [MONTH], THE FAST OF THE SEVENTH [MONTH], AND THE FAST OF THE TENTH [MONTH] SHALL BE FOR THE HOUSE OF JUDAH FOR JOY AND HAPPINESS AND FOR HAPPY HOLIDAYS-BUT LOVE TRUTH AND PEACE. 

the fast of the fourth month, -17th Tammuz

the fast of the fifth, - 9th of Av

and the fast of the seventh, - 3rd of Tishrei (Gedaliah)

and the fast of the tenth, - 10th Tebeth (Tevet).

Religious Jews all over the world still keep these four fastdays, and noibody else does!
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6. The Jews will be mistakenly known as "Israel."
Again concerning the End Times:
Isaiah predicted that the descendants of Judah would be known as Israel:

HEAR YE THIS, O HOUSE OF JACOB, WHICH ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF ISRAEL, AND ARE COME FORTH OUT OF THE WATERS OF JUDAH (Isaiah 48:1).

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7. Judah to Return Before the Other Tribes.

The Return of Judah to the Land was to precede that of the other Tribes (Micah 4:6 Hosea 6:11).
 Micah 4:8 predicts that in the end times the beginning of the return "THE FIRST DOMINION" shall be "TO THE DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM" meaning descendants of Judah. Judah will return before the other Tribes and prepare the way for them (cf. Hosea 6:10 see Comentary).
The Land of Greater Israel may be divided into different sections.
The main  section requires a basic adherence to the Laws of Moses and Israel.
The Jews accord with this whereas the Lost Ten Tribes do not and are not even (on the whole) aware of their Israelite Ancestry.
See:
"The Land of Israel" by Yehonatan Davidiy
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/guest/the-land-of-israel-by-yehonatan-davidiy.html

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8. The Jews Still Identified as Judah.

The Jews would be identified as "Judah" (Genesis 49:10).

Genesies (TCT) 49:
10 THE SCEPTER SHALL NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH, NOR THE STUDENT OF THE LAW (Lawmaker) FROM BETWEEN HIS FEET, UNTIL SHILOH COMES, AND TO HIM WILL BE A GATHERING OF PEOPLES.

Judah was to be Exiled, Scattered, Persecuted, and Oppressed! The Jews would have suffered for being Jewish whereas the other tribes would not therefore the Jews at first would be loathe to recognize the Israelite Origins of the other Tribes (Isaiah 49:21).

Isaiah (TCT) 49:
20 YOUR CHILDREN OF WHOM YOU WERE BEREAVED SHALL YET SAY IN YOUR EARS, "THE PLACE IS TOO NARROW FOR ME; MOVE OVER FOR ME SO THAT I WILL DWELL."
21 AND YOU SHALL SAY TO YOURSELF, "WHO BEGOT THESE FOR ME, SEEING THAT I AM BEREAVED AND SOLITARY, EXILED AND REJECTED, AND WHO RAISED THESE? BEHOLD I WAS LEFT ALONE; THESE-[FROM] WHERE ARE THEY?"
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9. Menesseh ben Israel (1604-1657):
Judah Scattered, the Lost Ten Tribes concentrated in a few definite areas.

Isaiah 27: 
13 AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS ON THAT DAY, THAT A GREAT SHOFAR SHALL BE SOUNDED, AND THOSE LOST(Hebrew: "Ha-Ovdim") IN THE LAND OF ASSYRIA AND THOSE EXILED (Hebrew: "ha-"nidachimI" outcast) IN THE LAND OF EGYPT SHALL COME AND THEY SHALL PROSTRATE THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD ON THE HOLY MOUNT IN JERUSALEM. 

Menesseh ben Israel (1604-1657):

#... HE (Isaiah the Prophet, 27:13) CALLS THE ISRAELITES OUT-CASTS, BUT THE JEWS SCATTERED; AND THE REASON IS, BECAUSE THE TEN TRIBES ARE NOT ONLY FAR OFF FROM THE HOLY LAND, BUT ALSO THEY LIVE IN THE EXTREMITIES AND ENDS OF COUNTRIES; FROM WHENCE THE PROPHET CALLS THEM CAST OUT. BUT HE DOTH NOT SAY, THAT THE ISRAELITES ARE TO BE GATHERED FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SO DISPERSED THROUGH THE WORLD, AS THE TRIBE OF JUDAH IS, WHICH NOW HATH SYNAGOGUES, NOT ONLY IN THREE PARTS OF THE WORLD, BUT ALSO IN AMERICA.

At all events, the Bible addresses itself to Judah i.e. the Jews, and they are only ones referred to. The Bible addresses itself to the Jews of Judaism. The Bible says the Jews belong to the Land. The Jews want to live in the Land. The God of the Bible says they should do so.
The Lost Ten Tribes will also dwell in the Land though first they will need to renew the Covenant and Keep the Law. How this will come about will only be made known in the Times of the Messiah son of Joseph and/or the Massiah son of David who will follow after him.

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10. Britain, Western Europe, and Atlantic Coast to become part of Israel.

Not only that but in the End Times the Holy Land will expand and encompass areas of Western Europe. It is in these areas the Ten Tribes will have been located.

# I HEARD FROM MY RABBI AND TEACHER... WHO HEARD FROM THE HOLY MOUTH OF OUR TEACHER, THE HATAM SOFER, CONCERNING THE BORDERS OF THE LAND [OF ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE]: THE COUNTRY OF "ENGLAND" BELONGS TO THE ISLANDS OF THE HOLY LAND... [mentions additional countries in Western Europe] ... IT IS KNOWN WHAT IS SAID IN MIDRASHIM THAT JERUSALEM IS DESTINED TO EXPAND LIKE THE WHOLE OF LAND OF ISRAEL [IS NOW] WHILE THE LAND OF ISRAEL SHALL INCREASE [IN SIZE] GREATLY... # Levushi Mordecai (by Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler, 1845-1932), Part Three, Yorei Daeah, 49.

"Natan Priyo" (by Rabbi Nathan Gestetner, 1932-2010)
https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%9F_%D7%92%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%A8
Commentary to Talmud, Gittin 8a.

# THE HATAM SOFER... WROTE THAT ALL THE ISLANDS IN THE GREAT SEA UP UNTIL THE END OF THE OKEANOS SEA [Atlantic Ocean] SHALL ALL BELONG TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL, AT ALL EVENTS THEY ARE PART OF THE LANDS OF THE TEN NATIONS [promised to Abraham]... LEVUSHEI MORDECAI HEARD FROM HIS TEACHER, WHO HEARD FROM THE HATAM SOFTER, THAT THE LAND OF ENGLAND AS WELL IS PART OF THE ISLANDS OF THE HOLY LAND...

See:

Predicted Hebrew Islands
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/rabbi/sofer.html

Atlantic Britain
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/rabbi/atlantic.html

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11. Proofs of the LTTs being in Western Europe.
GEOGRAPHY 1. Ends of the Earth: Isaiah 24:16, 26:15, 41:8-9, 43:6, 49:6
2. Isles Isaiah 24:15 49:6 60:9 Jeremiah 31: 9-10
3. Thighs, Peninsulas, and Coasts: Jeremiah 31:8
4. Tarshish (Atlantic Ocean Area) Isaiah 60:9
5.  Western Location: Isaiah 24:14, Hosea 1:10
6. Located to the Northwest of the Land of Israel: Isaiah 49:12
7. In the "North" Land: Jeremiah 3:18 31: 6-10
8. Australia ("Land of Sinim") Isaiah 49:12
See also Brit-Am Computer Codes on Australia and New Zealand.
9. Best Places (Atziliyah) Isaiah 41: 9
10. Fires in the Isles referring to Celtic Britain Isaiah 24:15
11: Zarephath, meaning France and Britain, Obadiah 1:20
12. Dolmens showing Pathway of Migration Jeremiah 31:21
13. Many Waters (Several Oceans) Numbers 24:7

B. RECOGNIZABLE SYMBOLS
14. Bald-Headed Eagle (symbol of USA) Micah 1:16
15. Lion and Unicorn (Symbol of Britain) Numbers 24:7-9

C. HISTORICAL BEHAVIOR
16. Cyrus: Messiah son of Joseph Isaiah 44:28
17. Rule Over OTHER Peoples:
Genesis 27:29 48:19 "A MULTITUDE OF NATIONS" (Hebrew: "Malo HaGoyim" i.e. Complete the Peoples, Onkelos: = Rule over the nations), Psalms 47:3
18.  Being Recognizable as a "Brit-Am" Isaiah 42:6 49:8 Covenant of the People
19.  Seafarers  Isaiah 42:10
20. Be the Dominant World Power Numbers 24:7-9 Micah 5:7-9
21. Military Might: Deuteronomy 33:27 33:29 Jer. 51:20-21
22. The Battle-Axe of the Almighty or "Police-Man of the Globe"
Jeremiah 51:20 Zechariah 10:7
23. Defeat Edom (Germany and Europe) Ez. 25:14 Obad. 1:18
24. Light for the Gentiles Genesis 12:2-3, 18:18-19, 22:18 24:4 Isaiah 42:1 42:6 Amos 6:15
25: Alcoholic Drunkards Isaiah 28:1, 3

D. SITUATION
26. Separate from Judah: Isaiah 11:12-13 49:21
27. Not known to Judah: Isaiah 49:13-14, 21. Hosea 1:7
28. Christianity: Note: Christianity is ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN TO JEWS!!
It may however have a role to play concerning the Ten Tribes, see Hosea 2:8, 2:13, 2:16 11:12 Jeremiah 31:6.
29. Gomer: Linkage with European nations; Hosea chapter one

E. BLESSINGS
30. Numerous: Genesis 15:5, 22:17, 24:60, 32:12, Numbers 23:10, Isaiah 10:22, 24:16, 26:15 Hos.1:10
31. Agricultural Plenty: Gen 27:28 49:25 Deut 33:13-16 Hoshea 2:8
32. Mineral Resources Genesis 49:25 Deuteronomy 33:13, 15
33. GATE(s) OF YOUR ENEMIES (International Strategic Points) Genesis 22:17 24:60
34, 35, 36. Cush (India), Egypt, Chains in Slaves from Africa to be taken overseas to homeland Isa. 44:28 also Isa 43:3 45:14
37. Ruled by Sons of David Jeremiah 33:22, 26
38. Headed by Kings Genesis 17:6, 16, 35:11

G. ANCESTRAL NAMES IN GENERAL
39.  The name Hebrew (The Western "Celts" called themselves "Iberi" meaning "Hebrews"!): Genesis 14:13 39:17 40:15 1:12 43:32 Jonah 1:9
40. Isaac: (Genesis 21:12 48:16). Scythians, Zohak, Ishkuza, Sacasson, Saxon.
41. Jacob: Isaiah 49:6 Tribes of Jacob: Union Jack, Yankee,
42. Israel: "Isru" traditional ancestor of the Irish and Scottish
43. John Bull (nickname for Britain): Deut 33:17 Jeremiah 31:18 "Aegel" (Angle) was a nickname for Ephraim
44-114.Seventy Tribal and Clan Names many of which are still in use.
Each Name deserves to be registered as proof in its own right since it usually occurs several times over in conjunction with other clan names of the Tribe and in similar Line of Camp Marching Alignment as described and illustrated in our work The Tribes.

H. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
115. Nobility Principle associated with Ephraim (UK) Jer. 31:20
116. Representative Democracy associated with Manasseh (USA) Genesis 41:51
117. The name "America" from Machir firstborn of Manasseh. USA the major Capitalist nation and "Machir" denotes Principle of Sale.
118. Zebulon on the shores of the Sea (Gen 49:13) Sabulingoi (People of Zebulon) in Holland who do literally dwell on the sea-shores.
119.Proof from Biblical Brit-Am Computer Codes
120.Ephraimite Criteria
121. Object of Islamic Terror
122. Numerous Other Proofs in Scripture and Related Sources.

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12. Why the Jews are Judah from the Bible - 12 Main Points.

1)  Judah will always have been recognized as Judah (Genesis 49:10).
2) Always to learn Torah.
3) The Jews will have kept the Law (Psalms 60:9, 108:90; Genesis 49:10; Zechariah 8:23).
4) The Jews will have kept the Four Fasts (Zechariah 8:19).
5) The Jews will have been persecuted (Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 8:13-15, Isaiah ch.53, Psalm 44:22).
6) The Jews of Judah will be incorrectly known as "Israel" (Isaiah 48:1).
7) In their Places of Exile Judah will have been defenceless (Hosea 1:7, Psalm 44:23).
8) An Old Lion and a New One (Genesis 49: 8-12).
9) The Lineages of Levi and the House of David will be present among Judah, Jeremiah 33:20-26.
10) Judah will possess the coast lands of Palestine (Zephaniah 2: 4-6).
11) Judah will dwell in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:14).
12) The Jews of Judah will Return before the Ten Tribes (Micah 4:8 cf. Hosea 6:10).