Joseph. Signs of Recognition from the Bible
Concerning the identity of the Jewish People as Judah see: JUDAH AND JOSEPH IDENTIFIED
The Ten Tribes. What Does the Bible Say?
[The Ten Tribes are also referred to as "Ephraim" and as "Joseph"].
1. The Ten Tribes will be at the Ends i.e. Continental Extremities, Isaiah 24:16, 26:15, 41:8-9 43:6 49:6.
2. The Ten Tribes will be mainly to the north and west of the Land of Israel, Isaiah 49:12.
3. The Ten Tribes will be an ethnic group whose members will be recognized as related to each other and to be found at one and the same time in concrete groupings to the north, northwest, and southeast of the Land of Israel, Isaiah 49:12.
4. The Ten Tribes will be both in the Isles of the Sea and associated with "Tarshish" meaning the Atlantic Ocean area, Isaiah 24:15, 49:6, 60:9, Jeremiah 31: 9-10.
5. The Ten Tribes will historically have been the most powerful and wealthy of all nations, Numbers 24:8-9.
6. The Ten Tribes have had a civilizing and humanizing influence on other peoples, Genesis 12:2-3, 18:18-19, 22:18.
7. The Ten Tribes will have "ruled the seas " and been considered the "policeman of the globe."Â Â Isaiah 42:10, Numbers 24:7-9, Deuteronomy 33:29, Jeremiah 51:20, Zechariah 10:7, Micah 5:8.
8. The Ten Tribes will have controlled the Gateways of their Enemies meaning most major international strategic points, Genesis 22:17, 24:60.
9. The Ten Tribes will comprise several different nations many of whom will be ruled by hereditary monarchs, Isaiah 24:15, 49:6, 60:9, Jeremiah 31: 9-10.
10. The Ten Tribes will have been (1) Separate from Judah (Isaiah 11:12-13, 49:21); (2) Without their identity being known to Judah (Isaiah 49:13-14, Hosea 1:7); and (3) They shall have been associated with non-Israelite Gentile Peoples (Hosea 1:3-6).
The Ten Tribes will have to be a group that simultaneously fulfills all of the above points and not just one or two of them, cf. Numbers 24:8-9.
The above list is just a SAMPLE extract from a much longer one.
See Also:
List of 122 Biblical Proofs
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/list122.html
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1. The Ten Tribes will be at the Ends i.e. Continental Extremities, Isaiah 24:16, 26:15, 41:8-9 43:6 49:6.
Isaiah 41:
8 But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
The descendants of Abraham My friend.
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its farthest regions,
And said to you,
You are My servant,
I have chosen you and have not cast you away.
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2. The Ten Tribes will be mainly to the north and west of the Land of Israel, Jeremiah 3:18, 31: 6-10; Hosea 11:10, Isaiah 24:14.
Jeremiah 3:
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.
Jeremiah 31:
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
And gather them from the ends of the earth.
Hosea 11:
10 They shall walk after the LORD.
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
Then His sons shall come trembling from the west [Hosea 11:10].
Isaiah 24:
14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the LORD
They shall cry aloud from the sea [i.e. from the west].
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3. The Ten Tribes will be an ethnic group whose members will be recognized as related to each other and to be found at one and the same time in concrete groupings to the north, northwest, and southeast of the Land of Israel, Isaiah 49:12, cf. Numbers 24:7 ("Many Waters," Several Oceans) .
Isaiah 49:
12 Surely these shall come from afar;
Look! Those from the north and the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.
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4. The Ten Tribes will be both in the Isles of the Sea and associated with "Tarshish" meaning the Atlantic Ocean area. Isaiah 24:15, 49:6, 60:9, Jeremiah 31: 9-10.
Isaiah 24:
15 Therefore glorify the LORD in the dawning light [Hebrew: "ba-urim", literally fires].
The name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands [Hebrew" Ee-ay" i.e. Isles] of the sea.
Isaiah 60:
9 Surely the coastlands [Hebrew: eyim i.e. Isles] shall wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
To bring your sons from afar,
Their silver and their gold with them,
To the name of the LORD your God,
And to the Holy One of Israel,
Because He has glorified you.
Jeremiah 31:
9 ... For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
And declare it in the isles afar off, and say,
He who scattered Israel will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.
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5. The Ten Tribes will historically have been the most powerful and wealthy of all nations, Numbers 24:8-9, Genesis 27:28, 49:25, Deuteronomy 33:13-16, Hosea 2:8.
Numbers 24:
8 God brings him out of Egypt;
He has strength like a wild ox [Hebrew: raem i.e. unicorn];
He shall consume the nations, his enemies;
He shall break their bones
And pierce them with his arrows.
9 He bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you [Numbers 24:8-9].
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6. The Ten Tribes have had a civilizing and humanizing influence on other peoples, Genesis 12:2-3, 18:18-19, 22:18.
Genesis 12:
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis 18:
18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him].
Genesis 22:
18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.
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7. The Ten Tribes will have "ruled the seas " and been considered the "policeman of the globe."Â Â Isaiah 42:10, Numbers 24:7-9, Deuteronomy 33:29, Jeremiah 51:20, Zechariah 10:7, Micah 5:8,
Isaiah 42:
10 Sing to the LORD a new song,
And His praise from the ends of the earth,
You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
You coastlands and you inhabitants of them! [Isaiah 42:10] .
Numbers 24:
7 He shall pour water from his buckets,
And his seed shall be in many waters.
His king shall be higher than Agag,
And his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brings him out of Egypt;
He has strength like a wild ox [Hebrew: raem i.e. unicorn];
He shall consume the nations, his enemies;
He shall break their bones
And pierce them with his arrows.
9 He bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you.
Jeremiah 51:
20 You are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms.
Zechariah 10:
7 Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
And their heart shall rejoice as if with wine.
Yes, their children shall see it and be glad;
Their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
Deuteronomy 33:
29 Happy are you, O Israel!
Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD,
The shield of your help
And the sword of your majesty!
Your enemies shall submit to you,
And you shall tread down their high places.
Micah 5:8
8 And the remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the Gentiles,
In the midst of many peoples,
Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Who, if he passes through,
Both treads down and tears in pieces.
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8. The Ten Tribes will have controlled the Gateways of their Enemies meaning most major international strategic points, Genesis 22:17, 24:60.
Genesis 22:
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Genesis 24:
60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her:
Our sister, may you become
The mother of thousands of ten thousands;
And may your descendants possess
The gates of those who hate them.
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9. The Ten Tribes will comprise several different nations many of whom will be ruled by hereditary monarchs, Genesis 17:6, 16, 35:11.
Genesis 17:
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
 Genesis 17:
16 And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her .
Genesis 35:
11 Also God said to him: I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body [Genesis 35:11].
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10. The Ten Tribes will have been (1) Separate from Judah (Isaiah 11:12-13, 49:21); (2) Without their identity being known to Judah (Isaiah 49:13-14, Hosea 1:7); and (3) They shall have been associated with non-Israelite Gentile Peoples (Hosea 1:3-6).
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(1) Separate from Judah: Isaiah 11:12-13 49:21.
Isaiah 11:
13 Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
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(2) Not known to Judah: Isaiah 49:13-14, 21. Hosea 1:7.
Isaiah 49:
14 But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.
Isaiah 49:
21 Then you will say in your heart,
Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
A captive, and wandering to and fro?
And who has brought these up?
There I was, left alone;
But these, where were they?
Hosea 1:
7 Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,
Will save them by the LORD their God...
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(3) Associated with non-Israelite Gentile European Peoples (Hosea 1:3-6), The Book of Hosea chapter one.
(Hosea 1:
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 Then the LORD said to him:
Call his name Jezreel,
For in a little while
I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
And bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 It shall come to pass in that day
That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.
6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him:
Call her name Lo-Ruhamah,
For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
But I will utterly take them away.
Cf. "And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphah, and Togarmah" [Genesis 10:3].
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Sources of Interest
Psalms (MEV) 147:
2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Midrash Tehillim: The are the Tribes as it says: Deuteronomy 28:27, And they will be cast out into another land; and Isaiah 27:14 and they shall come who were lost in the Land of Assyria.
Isaiah (MEV) 11:
10 In that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, who shall stand as a banner to the peoples. For him shall the nations seek. And his rest shall be glorious. 11 In that day the LORD shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people, who shall be left, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the Islands of the Sea.
12 He shall set up a banner for the nations,
and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather together the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart,
and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
Isaiah 11: 11 "who shall be left, from Assyria." Commentary of Mahari (Joseph) Kara (1066-1135, Troyes, north-central France): Concerning those are they who did not return in the times of Hezekiah, an additional ingathering will be made in the time of the Messiah. They who were taken into Exile to Assyria are destined to return in the time of the Messianic King
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