diff --git a/articles/tribesisrael.md b/articles/tribesisrael.md index 36490fe..65c6350 100644 --- a/articles/tribesisrael.md +++ b/articles/tribesisrael.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ A tribe is a group of people who descended from one certain person. Jacob was Abraham's grandson. God later changed Jacob's name to Israel. Jacob had twelve sons. They each had a family. And these twelve different families grew in size and became the twelve tribes of Israel. -The twelve sons of Israel were Reuben, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Their families formed the original twelve tribes. +The twelve sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Their families formed the original twelve tribes. Later, God divided the land of Canaan among the twelve tribes. God did not give the tribe of Levi any land. This is because God chose Levi’s descendants to become priests. They served in the places where each of the other tribes lived. Joseph’s land was given to the descendants of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.