<div dir="ltr">we traditionally mention the 10 northern tribes versus the 2 southern tribes (based on pesukim to Yaravam).<div><br></div><div>However, there were 3 tribes in the south Yehuda, Shimon (absorbed in Yehudah) and Binyamin.</div><div>So who are the remaining 10 tribes (ie I count only 9).</div><div>This is all based on including Ephraim and Menashe and excluding Levi.</div><div>If we list Levi and combine the other 2 into Yosef then there were 4 tribes in the south (assuming most Levites and cohanim were wth the Bet HaMikdash in Jerusalem)<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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