BibleBelt markBibleBelt
DID YOU KNOW?

Revelation 7 seals twelve thousand people from each tribe of Israel and names the tribes one by one. Which of Jacob's sons has no tribe in the list?

biblebelt.app
The answer

Dan. The roll in Revelation 7:5-8 names twelve tribes, and Dan is not one of them. The list counts Manasseh instead, and still names Joseph as well.

biblebelt.app
Why it’s interesting

Dan is one of Jacob's twelve sons, so a twelve-tribe roll without him stands out. Manasseh is Joseph's son, a grandson of Jacob, so the list names a father and his son as two tribes. Revelation gives the roll and never explains the gap.

Scholarly consensus
biblebelt.app

Learn the Bible.

Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.

Swipe for the answer

© 2026 Relucia, LLC Privacy Policy Terms of Use Contact BibleBelt | Learn the Bible | Earn your belt