{"id":1384,"date":"2009-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2009\/06\/bible-qa-for-february-18.html"},"modified":"2009-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T00:00:00","slug":"bible-qa-for-february-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2009\/06\/bible-qa-for-february-18.html","title":{"rendered":"Bible Q&A for June 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doing a comparison of twelve tribes list in Genesis 35 and Revelation 7, what happened the tribe of Dan? Could you explain why Joseph ends up with his own tribe plus the tribe named after his son?<\/b>
\nThe tribe of Dan, the northernmost tribe, was considered apostate in some circles of early Judaism, and so was replaced in some lists of the twelve tribes that appear around the turn of the era.
\n—Ben Witherington III<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doing a comparison of twelve tribes list in Genesis 35 and Revelation 7, what happened the tribe of Dan? Could you explain why Joseph ends up with his own tribe plus the tribe named after his son? 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