And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place : and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. And Micah consecrated the Levite ; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim. And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan , stood by the entering of the gate.
It is curious to me the connection between the idolatry in the tribe of Dan and the Antichrist. As we know from scripture, the antichrist is an idol for the people of the earth, a distraction from the truth.
It would make sense that the antichrist would come from the tribe of Dan if that is where the separated idolatry of Israel began. If it is meant that the antichrist is to come from that tribe, then that explains why the tribe is removed from the list of tribes. I have never really been one to take a lot of time and concentrate on different tribes. I really appreciate seeing the break down of them from time to time. I find it interesting that Dan would not be talked about or mentioned.
We know that he is going to take people away from learning about Christ and cause them to stray away. I find it very interesting that they think that he could derive from the tribe of Dan. After this blog post, I really do want to learn more about the tribes in the Bible and what happened in each one. I know that it is important to know what tribes did what! I bet writing it out would help me comprehend and retain more information on it. The erase of Dan and Ephraim from the Twelve Tribes of Israel is puzzling, and it appears that there are no ground bases as to why the two tribes would be omitted.
Originally, I had thought the same thing as the final sentence made in this article, that if Joseph and Levi are to be added they needed to keep the number at twelve still, thus removing Dan and Ephraim. However, this is most likely not the case. The ESV Study Bible suggests in its notes that these tribes do not necessarily represent the sons of Jacob but rather are a representation for the church as those two are missing and the sons are all out of order.
They suggest that this symbolizes that everyone is included within the church now and that salvation is not just for the Jews but for the Gentiles as well. This is another interesting perspective on the unusual line up of tribes, but a plausible one. I would agree with the article that the idea of idolatry seems a little unfair if not farfetched to be the reason that Dan and Ephraim were excluded from the twelve tribes as they were not the only two that were practicing idolatry.
This is one of those topics we will probably never find the answer to on this earth and it may not even be all that important for us to know. If it was important, we would have known the answer to their exclusion long ago. Perhaps Jacob saw more in his son, and his family, that no one else saw; or, perhaps Jacob also had some sort of prophetic idea that Dan would eventually fall away.
As for Ephraim, it seems you are communicating that the tribe was also an idolatrous tribe. This is an interesting connection between the two; however, as you said, there could simply be no connection and they only needed to omit two tribes to fit the other two in. It makes no sense as to why Joseph would be included, but his son Ephraim would not be included, yet his son Manasseh is included. I have absolutely no idea what the explanation is.
It is believed that the 12 Tribes of Israel are the ones that will make it; but maybe it is showing that the list is not exclusive, rather it is inclusive. This dives into the idea of Israel being the chosen people. Jacob had twelve sons. They listened therefore to the word of the Lord, and turned and went their way, according to the word of the Lord.
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in Mount Ephraim, and lived there; and went out from there, and built Penuel. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David; If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn back to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah. And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
And he set one in Beth-El, and the other he placed in Dan. And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, as far as Dan. And he made a house of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar.
So he did in Beth-El, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Beth-El the priests of the high places that he had made. And he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-El the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast to the children of Israel; and he offered upon the altar, and burned incense.
Jacob sees the idols of Jeroboam when he blesses, Ephraim and Manasseh. Soncino Zohar Volume I, p. The reason is that besides the evil serpent there is one that rides on it, and when they are joined together they are called "these", and they visit the world with all their hosts. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, is called "this", and is symbolized by the covenant of the holy imprint which is ever on a man's body.
Hence we find written, "These also shall forget" Is. It may be asked, on this hypothesis, what are we to make of the words "These are the words of the covenant"? The answer is that the word "these" is here also appropriate, because the words of the covenant are established by "these", since they are the abode of all curses, which await all who transgress the covenant.
Similarly it is written, "These are the precepts which the Lord commanded", because the object of all the precepts is to purify man so that he should not stray from the right path and should keep far away from there.
Hence, too, it is written, "These are the generations of Noah", because they included Ham the father of Canaan, who was accursed. Instead, Joseph still represents two tribes, but in this case Joseph replaces Dan and Ephraim, tribes historically and geographically linked by their conspiracy to introduce rebellion and idolatry into Israel. So they were excluded from this list by name with the name Joseph standing in their place. Such a substitution allowed the Lord to retain the symmetry of twelve tribes while drawing attention to these tribes' joint contribution to idolatry in Israel.
If so, then the 12, men of the tribe of Joseph in the Tribulation will actually be Danites and Ephraimites. But there is a deeper message in their exclusion. The apostasy of Dan and Ephraim represented the low point in Israel's history immediately prior to the Lord raising up a king from Bethlehem to deliver Israel from its sin.
Sound familiar? This is exactly the pattern that will exist prior to the Lord's return to rule over Israel at the end of Tribulation. By excluding these two tribes from the list in Revelation 7, the Lord is pointing our attention back to the circumstances at the end of Judges.
The final chapters of Judges and the story of Ruth which follows Judges form a three-part story of the king's arrival to address the nation's idolatry.
Parts 1 and 2 of the story are found in Judges and chronicle the growing apostasy of Israel under the influence of the Danites and Ephramites.
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