<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Deuteronomy 33: 6--25 and Judges 5: 14--18 present parallel listings of the twelve tribes, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph, and Benjamin . Jacob elevated the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh (the two sons of Joseph and his Egyptian wife Asenath) to the status of full tribes in their own right, replacing the tribe of Joseph . </P> <P> In the Bible's version of events, the period from the conquest of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel, passed with the tribes forming a loose confederation, described in the Book of Judges . Modern scholarship has called into question the beginning, middle, and end of this picture and the account of the conquest under Joshua has largely been abandoned . The Bible's depiction of the' period of the Judges' is widely considered doubtful . The extent to which a united Kingdom of Israel ever existed is also a matter of ongoing dispute . </P> <P> Living in exile in the sixth century BC, the prophet Ezekiel has a vision for the restoration of Israel which would include "the ideal reallotment of the land to the twelve tribes of Israel". </P>

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