
Ensigns of the Ten Lost
Tribes
Heraldry is not an
invention of the Middle Ages but a continuation of identification used by
the Tribes during the exodus from Egypt.
Numbers 2:2, Every man
of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard with the
ensign
of their Father's house.
And Jacob called unto
his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that
which shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and
hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
After the exodus from
Egypt the tribes camped around the Tabernacle, three tribes to each of the
four winds using standards to identify their base.
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Reuben
An image
of a man is his primary Emblem while wavy lines or bars representing
water his second.
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my
might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity,
and the excellency of power:
Unstable as water, thou shalt not
excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst
thou it: he went up to my couch. |
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Ephraim
A
bull, horn or Unicorn are his Emblems.
Remember this Abrahamic Covenant: His seed is
to become a Company of Nations.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;
whose branches run over the wall:
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made
strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.
And for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof, and
for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing
come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him
that was separated from his brethren and Moses said: His glory is
like the firstling of his bullock, and
his horns are like the horns of unicorns:
with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the
earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the
thousands of Manasseh. |
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Zebulon
A sailing vessel is used to depict this
tribe's Emblem.
Zebullun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be
for an haven of ships; and his border
shall be unto Zidon.
NOTE: Because the
tribe was land locked in ancient Israel this is a prophecy for a
later time. |
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Asher
A covered
cup or goblet appear on his Emblem.
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield
royal dainties. |

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Manasseh
An
olive branch and/or a bundle of arrows are found in this Emblem.
Remember this Abrahamic Covenant: His seed is
to become a great Nation.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even
a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
The archers have sorely grieved him,
and shot at him, and hated him:
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made
strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.
And for the
precious things of the earth and fullness thereof, and for the good
will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the
head of Joseph, and upon
the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. His
glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like
the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together
to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
and they are the thousands of Manasseh. |

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Dan
A serpent
or a startled steed as well as an eagle
adorn his Emblem.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an
adder in the path, that biteth the
horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Dan is the only tribe not
represented in the 144,000 first fruits mentioned in Revelations.
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Naphtali
Originally
a doe and replaced later by a stag are attributed to his Emblem.
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he
giveth goodly words. |
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Simeon
His
Emblem is a sword for obvious reasons with a gate or walled city his
second.
Simeon and Levi are brethren;
instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,
mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man,
and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it
was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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Issachar
A burrow
with a pack is on his Emblem.
Issachar is a strong ass couching down
between two burdens. |
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Gad
A warrior
with a pendant recalling a leader of a troop is his Emblem.
Gad, a troop shall overcome him:
but he shall overcome at the last. |
Sources
Bible KJV
Symbols of Our Celto-Saxon Heritage by W.H.Bennett |