LXX Concordance for φυλὴν

“Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you ​— ​you will be free from my oath.'

“A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral family.[fn]

These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral family.

“Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.

“Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to the priest Aaron to assist him.

“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

“Write Aaron's name on Levi's staff, because there is to be one staff for the head of each tribe.

“But also bring your relatives with you from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, so they may join you and assist you and your sons in front of the tent of the testimony.

“No inheritance is to transfer from one tribe to another, because each of the Israelite tribes is to retain its inheritance.”

They married men from the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father's clan.

“At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the LORD's covenant, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today.

and cried out, “Why, LORD God of Israel, has it occurred[fn] that one tribe is missing in Israel today? ”

At that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and family. Each returned from there to his own inheritance.

Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the Matrite clan was selected.[fn] Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they searched for him, they could not find him.

“In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven't you built me a house of cedar? '

“In all my journeys throughout Israel, have I ever spoken a word to even one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, asking: Why haven't you built me a house of cedar? '

As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

He rejected the tent of Joseph

and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

“It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers;

its height towered among the clouds.[fn]

So it was conspicuous for its height

as well as its many branches.

“tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick so that they become one in my hand.'

I will break down the gates[fn] of Damascus.

I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,

and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.

The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.

The LORD has spoken.

Therefore, the LORD says:

I am now planning a disaster

against this nation;

you cannot free your necks from it.

Then you will not walk so proudly

because it will be an evil time.