The 12 Star of David Tribes Information List

Reuben

Birth order: 1 (Genesis 29:32)
Hebrew name: ראובן
Transliterated: Reuven
Meaning: "He has seen" (Genesis 29:32)
Mother: Leah
Color: red
Stone: ruby (Exodus 28:17)
Associated symbol: water (Genesis 49:4)
Position around tabernacle: south (Numbers 2:10-16)
Banner: the color of his flag was red, and embroidered on it were mandrakes.

Simeon
Birth order: 2 (Genesis 29:33)
Hebrew name: שמעון
Transliterated: Shimon
Meaning: "he has heard" (Genesis 29:33)
Mother: Leah
Color: green
Stone: topaz (Exodus 28:17)
Associated symbol: Shechem (Genesis 49:5)
Position around tabernacle: south (Numbers 2:10-16)
Banner: his flag was green with the town of Shechem embroidered on it.

















Levi
Birth order: 3 (Genesis 29:34)
Hebrew name: לוי
Transliterated: Levi (pronouned lev ee)
Meaning: "attached" (Genesis 29:34)
Mother: Leah
Color: black, red, & white
Stone: bareqet (emerald?) (Exodus 28:17)
Associated symbol: chosen
Position around tabernacle: around (Numbers 2:17)
Banner: the color of his flag was a third white, a third black, and a third red; embroidered on it were the Urim and Thummim
















Judah
Birth order: 4 (Genesis 29:35)
Hebrew name: יהודה
Transliterated: Yehudah
Meaning: "I will praise" (Genesis 29:35)
Mother: Leah
Color: sky blue
Stone: carbuncle (turquoise?) (Exodus 28:18)
Associated symbol: lion (Genesis 49:9)
Position around tabernacle: east (Numbers 2:3-9)
Banner: the color of his flag resembled that of the heavens, embroidered on it was a lion.















Dan
Birth order: 5 (Genesis 30:5)
Hebrew name: דן
Transliterated: Dan (pronounced dahn)
Meaning: "judged"/"vindicated" (Genesis 30:6)
Mother: Bilhah
Color: blue
Stone: sapphire (Exodus 28:18)
Associated symbol: judge/scales (Genesis 49:16), serpent (Genesis 49:17)
Position around tabernacle: north (Numbers 2:25-31)
Banner: the color of his flag was similar to sapphire; embroidered on it was a serpent
















Naphtali
Birth order: 6 (Genesis 30:7)
Hebrew name: נפתלי
Transliterated: Naphtali
Meaning: "wrestling"/ "twisting" (Genesis 30:8)
Mother: Bilhah
Color: medium red
Stone: diamond (Exodus 28:18)
Associated symbol: hind/doe (Genesis 49:21)
Position around tabernacle: north (Numbers 2:25-31)
Banner: the color of his flag was like clarified wine of a not very deep red; on it was embroidered a hind


















Gad
Birth order: 7 (Genesis 30:10-11)
Hebrew name: גד
Transliterated: Gad (pronounded gahd)
Meaning: "fortunate" (Genesis 30:11)
Mother: Zilpah
Color: black and white
Stone: jacinth (Exodus 28:19)
Associated symbol:
Position around tabernacle: south (Numbers 2:10-16)
Banner: the color of his flag was neither black nor white but a blend of black and white; on it was embroidered a camp
















Asher
Birth order: 8 (Genesis 30:12-13)
Hebrew name: אשר
Transliterated: Asher (pronounded ah SHAIR)
Meaning: "happy" (Genesis 30:13)
Mother: Zilpah
Color: green
Stone: agate (Exodus 28:19)
Associated symbol: abundant food (Genesis 49:20)
Position around tabernacle: north (Numbers 2:25-31)
Banner: the color of his flag was like the precious stone with which women adorn themselves embroidered thereon was an olive tree


















Issachar
Birth order: 9 (Genesis 30:18)
Hebrew name: יששכר
Transliterated: Yisachar
Meaning: "wages" (Genesis 30:18)
Mother: Leah
Color: blue/violet
Stone: amethyst (Exodus 28:19)
Associated symbol: donkey (Genesis 49:14)
Position around tabernacle: east (Numbers 2:3-9)
Banner: the color of his flag was black like stibium (antimony); embroidered on it were the sun and the moon.

Zebulun
Birth order: 10 (Genesis 30:19)
Hebrew name: זבולון
Transliterated: Zevulun
Meaning: "gift"/"dwell" (Genesis 30:20)
Mother: Leah
Color: white
Stone: beryl (Exodus 28:20)
Associated symbol: ships (Genesis 49:13)
Position around tabernacle: east (Numbers 2:3-9)
Banner: the color of his flag was white, with a ship embroidered on it.




















Joseph
Birth order: 11 (Genesis 30:22-23)
Hebrew name: יוסף
Transliterated: Yosef (pronounced YO sef)
Meaning: "add another" (Genesis 30:24)
Mother: Rachel
Color: black
Stone: onyx (Exodus 28:20)
Associated symbol: grapevine (Genesis 49:22)
Position around tabernacle: n/a (see Ephraim & Manasseh below)
Banner: the color of his flag was jet black; the embroidered design thereon for both princes Ephraim and Manasseh was Egypt because they were born there.
















Benjamin
Birth order: 12 (Genesis 35:17)
Hebrew name: בנימין
Transliterated: Benyamin
Meaning: "son of my right hand"
Mother: Rachel
Color: mixed
Stone: jasper (Exodus 28:20)
Associated symbol: wolf (Genesis 49:27)
Position around tabernacle: west (Numbers 2:18-24)
Banner: the color of his flag was a combination of all the twelve colors; embroidered on it was a wolf.

- The Twelve Tribes, Brady Stephenson, Psalm 119:18 

The 12 Star of David Emblems of the 12 Tribes of Israel

The banner of Reuben was...in the center a painted mandrake.  (Numbers Rabba 2)

The banner...of Simeon...had the picture of Shechem. (Numbers Rabba 2)

The banner...of Levi had...the picture of the Urim and Tumim. (Numbers Rabba 2)

Judah's banner had...in the center the picture of a lion. (Numbers Rabba 2)

Issachar's banner...had in the center the picture of the sun and the moon. (Numbers Rabba 2)

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Zebulun had...the picture of a ship in the center. (Numbers Rabba 2)

Dan's banner had...an image of a serpent in its center. (Numbers Rabba 2)

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Gad's banner...carried the picture of a camp. (Numbers Rabba 2)

Naphtali's...picture in its center was that of a deer. (Numbers Rabba 2)

Asher's banner bore...The picture of an olive-tree in the center. (Numbers Rabba 2)

Joseph's banner...had the following pictures: Egypt. (Numbers Rabba 2)

Benjamin's banner had...the picture of a wolf in the center. (Numbers Rabba 2)

The banner of Reuben was red, and in the centre painted mandrake. That of Simeon was green, and in its centre it had the picture of Shechem. That of Levi had a tricolour, one stripe of white, one of black, and oneof red, and in the centre it carried the picture of the Urim and Tumim. Judah's banner had the colour of the sky, and in the centre the picture of a lion.

Issachar's banner was blackish, and had in the centre the picture of the sun and the moon. Zebulun had a whitish banner which carried the picture of a ship in the centre. Dan's banner had the colour of sapphire, and an image of a serpent in its centre. Gad's was a mixture of black and white, and carried the picture of a camp. Naphtali's had the peculiar colour of a pale reddish wine, and the picture in its centre was that of a hind. Asher's banner bore the colour of a precious stone, the ornament of a woman, and the picture of an olive-tree in the centre. The colour of Joseph's banner was of a deep black, and had the following pictures: Egypt, then an ox representing Ephraim, and a unicorn to represent Manasseh. Benjamin's banner had some of the colours of each tribe, i.e. twelve different colours, and the picture of a wolf in the centre.

 - Numbers Rabba 2, TALES AND MAXIMS FROM THE MIDRASH, by REV. SAMUEL RAPAPORT [1907]

The Star of David provides a Perfect Geometric Fit to the 12 Tribes of Israel