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(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
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These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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The Tower of Babel
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
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The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
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Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
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That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
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His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward all the tribes related to them.
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“Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.
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The Birth of Moses
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,
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Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
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There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
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“See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
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Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you:
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Bezalel and Oholiab
Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
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And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
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(Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses;
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with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan—an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.)
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There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
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One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you.
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These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.
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The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
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The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
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The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
