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The Twelve Tribes and Astrology
In the Wilderness the Tabernacle was pitched in the
midst, and immediately surrounding it are the tents of Levi.
At the distance towards the four cardinal points ace the
Standards of the Twelve Tribes erected there. On the-East,
[udah-s-the Kerubic Sign of the Lion, with lssachar and
Zebulon (Leo, Cancer, Capricorn). On the South, Reubenthe
Kerubic Sign of Man, Aquarius, with Simeon and Gad
(Aquarius, Pisces and Aries). On the West, Ephraim-the
Kerubic sign of the Bull, with Manasseh and Benjamin
(Taurus, Gemini and Sagittarius). On the North, Dan, the
Kerubic Sign of the Eagle, with Asher and Naphtali (Scorpio,
Libra and Virgo). Save the Kerubic emblems the
arrangement seems at first very confused, but when we
notice the Maternal Ancestors of the Tribes, this confusion
disperses, and we notice that at the East are three tribes
descended from Leah, viz. Judah, Issaehar, and Zebulon.
Opposite to them, towards the West, three tribes descended
from Rachel, viz. Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin. At the
South are two descended from Leah, and one descended
from Zilpah, viz. Reuben, Simeon and Gad, and at the
North, two descended from Bilhah and one descended from
Zilpah; viz. Dan, Naphrali and Asher. Here two Tribes
descended from Zilpah, Gad, and Asher, are the only ones
separated, and placed in opposition to each other, for these
ate the two signs of the Equinoxes.
The substitution of the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh
for the single one ofJoseph is given in Genesis 48, where
Jacob blessed them prior to the general blessing of the Tribes,
stating at the same time that Ephraim, though the younger,
should take precedence over Manasseh;
And Jacob said unto Joseph ... And now thy two
sons, Ephraim and Manasseh which were born unto thee
in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee in Egypt, are
mine; as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine. And
thy issue which thou begettest after them shall be thine
and shall be called after the name of their brethren in
their inheritance.... Moreover I have given unto thee
one portion above of thy brethren. 179
1i9 He becomes the ancestor of two tribes instead of one.
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