The Gathering of Israel, as foretold by numerous Old Testament prophets, refers to recovery or return of Israel's Lost Tribes to the lands of their inheritance. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh to refer to its canon, which corresponds to the Protestant Old Testament. ... An Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28 The Israelites were a group of Hebrews, as described in the Bible. ...

Abrahamic Covenant

The Lord made a covenant with Abraham as follows: The angel prevents the sacrifice of Isaac (Rembrandt, 1634) Abraham (Hebrew: , Standard Avraham Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom Tiberian  ; Arabic: ,  ; Geez: , ) is a figure in the Bible and Quran who is by believers regarded as the founding patriarch of the Israelites and of the Nabataean people in Jewish, Christian and...

• Abraham would have a great posterity.
• He would have many descendents (Genesis 15:5 and 17:2).
• Abraham would be a father of many nations (Genesis 17:4).
• Kings would come from Abraham's seed or posterity (Genesis 17:6). King David and, according to the New Testament, Jesus Christ himself were descendents of Abraham.
• Abraham and his posterity received the land of Canaan (Genesis 17:8).
• The Lord promised Abraham that through his seed all the families of the Earth would be blessed. (Genesis 22:17-18 & Acts 3:25).

In addition, Abraham paid tithing to Melchizedek who was the King of Salem (Genesis 14:18-20). Melchizedek blessed Abraham and conferred the priesthood upon him (Hebrews 7:1-4). Also refer to (Doctrine & Covenants 84:6-18). Note that Jesus Christ, who lived two thousand years after Abraham, was called of God an high priest after the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:10). This article is about the Christian scriptures. ... For other uses, see Canaan (disambiguation). ... Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek — by Dieric Bouts the Elder, 1464–67 Melchizedek or Malki-tzédek (מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק / מַלְכִּי־צָדֶק, Standard Hebrew Malki-ẓédeq / Malki-ẓádeq, Tiberian Hebrew Malkî-ṣéḏeq / Malkî-ṣāḏeq), sometimes written Malchizedek, Melchisedec, Melchisedech, Melchisedek or Melkisedek, is a figure mentioned by various sects of both Christian and Judaic traditions. ...

Abraham's Posterity

Abraham gave the blessings of the birthright and the priesthood to his son Isaac. The covenant that God made with Abraham continued through Isaac (Genesis 17:15-19 & 21). Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. These sons were twins, but Esau was born first. So Esau should have received the birthright. But Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of pottage (Genesis 25:29-24). Isaac instead gave the blessings of the birthright, the priesthood, and the covenant of Abraham to Jacob (Genesis 27 & Genesis 28:3-4).

Jacob had twelve sons: (Genesis Chapters 29 through 35).

God changed Jacob's name to Israel (Genesis 32:28). Jacob's sons thus became the heads of the Twelve tribes of Israel. Furthermore, Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Jacob adopted these sons, so Ephraim and Manasseh also became heads of tribes. (Genesis 48:1-5). The inclusion of Ephraim and Manasseh brought the total number of tribes to thirteen, but the Levites were dispersed among the other tribes to perform priestly duties.

The Blessing of Jacob

Jacob, or Israel, gave each of these sons a special blessing.

The birthright should have gone to Reuben because he was the oldest son. Reuben did not receive the birthright, however, because he had sinned (Genesis 35:22). Jacob instead gave the birthright to Joseph (1 Chronicles 5:1-2). Nevertheless, each son received the blessings of the covenant of Abraham.

Egyptian Captivity and Exodus

Jacob and his sons moved from Canaan to Egypt because there was a famine (Genesis 46). The descendents of Jacob, or children of Israel, became slaves in Egypt (Exodus 1). Moses was from the tribe of Levi (Exodus 2:1-10). Moses received the priesthood authority from his father-in-law Jethro (Doctrine & Covenants 84:6-18). Jethro was the priest of Midian (Exodus 3:1). Jethro is also referred to as Reuel. Midian was also the name of one of Abraham's sons. Jethro was a descendant of Abraham though Midian. Midian's mother was Keturah, who became Abraham's wife after Sarah died (Genesis 25:1-1). Jethro (יִתְרוֹ Standard Hebrew Yitro, Tiberian Hebrew Yiṯrô, Shoaib Arabic Quran His excellence/posterity) is a figure from the Hebrew Bible. ...

God commanded Moses to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. Moses was not allowed to cross into the Promised Land, however, because he disobeyed the Lord. The Lord had commanded Moses to speak unto a rock at Meribah before the children of Israel so that the rock would bring forth water. Instead, Moses became angry at the people, and he smote the rock twice with his rod. The rock nevertheless sent forth water, but Moses had shown unbelief and had failed to sanctify the Lord before the people (Numbers 20:8-12). Moses with the Tablets, 1659, by Rembrandt This article is about the Biblical figure. ...

Some Christian authors claim that the rock symbolized Jesus Christ who is the "Rock of our Salvation" (Psalms 89:26 and 1 Corinthians 10:4). This belief is not held by the people of the Torah, the Jews. “Tora” redirects here. ...

Moses gave blessings to each of the tribes of Israel, Deuteronomy 33.

Children of Israel enter Cannan

After many years, Joshua led the children of Israel into Canaan, which is the land of Israel. Each tribe received a portion of land. Joshua was from the tribe of Ephraim (Numbers 13:8 & 16).

• Map of the Lands Given to the Twelve Tribes

Kingdom of Israel

A series of judges ruled over Israel for a period of about four hundred and fifty years, after the children of Israel arrived in the land. (Acts 13:20). Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. ...

Saul, who was from the tribe of Benjamin, became the first king. Saul (שאול המלך) (or Shaul) (Hebrew: , Standard  Tiberian  ; asked for or borrowed) is a figure identified in the Books of Samuel and the Quran as having been the first king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel. ...

David, who was from the tribe of Judah, became the next King of Israel, followed by Solomon, and then by Rehoboam. After the death of King Solomon, the nation of Israel divided in to the northern and southern kingdoms. Rehoboam raised the taxes, which caused the northern tribes to rebel against him. David and Goliath by Caravaggio, c. ... Artists depiction of Solomons court (Ingobertus, c. ... Rehoboam was king of Judah, succeeding his father Solomon. ...

Ephraim was the head tribe of the northern kingdom, which consisted of ten tribes. The northern kingdom's capital city was Samaria. Judah was the main tribe of the southern kingdom. The tribe of Benjamin also settled in the southern kingdom

Idolatry

The people of Israel were wicked. They worshipped the idols Baal and Ashtaroth (Judges 2:13, Hosea 2:8). They even sacrificed their children as burnt offerings to Baal (Jeremiah 19:4-5). For other uses, see Baal (disambiguation). ... ‘Ashtart, commonly known as Astarte (also Hebrew or Phoenician עשתרת, Ugaritic ‘ttrt (also ‘Attart or ‘Athtart), Akkadian dAs_tar_tú (also Astartu), Greek Αστάρτη (Astártê)), was a major northwest_Semitic goddess, cognate in name, origin, and functions with...

Both the northern tribes of Israel and the southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin had to face the consequences of sin. The sins included pride, idolatry, and whoredoms. The Lord withdrew himself from them (Hosea 5:5-7).

The Scattering of the Northern Tribes

The nation of Assyria began carrying away the northern tribes of Israel in 722 to 721 B.C. (2 Kings 17). Lost Ten Tribes, also referenced as the Ten Lost Tribes or the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, usually refers to ten of the tribes of the ancient Kingdom of Israel that were reported lost after the Kingdom of Israel was totally destroyed, enslaved and exiled by ancient Assyria. ... An Assyrian winged bull, or lamassu. ...

Babylonian Captivity

King Nebuchadrezzar II invaded Judaea, captured Jerusalem, and destroyed its temple. He carried away the tribe of Judah to Babylon sometime between 588 to 586 B.C. (2 Kings 24 ). The Jews returned to Jerusalem after a 70 year captivity. An engraving inside an onyx-stone-eye in a Marduk statue that might depict Nebuchadrezzar II Nebuchadrezzar II, more often called Nebuchadnezzar (), was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. ...

Roman Legions

The Jews remained in Jerusalem until they were driven from the city by the Roman legions in 68 to 73 A.D. Many of the Jews were killed. The surviors were sent to work as slaves throughout the Roman Empire.

Jesus Christ had foretold these events (Luke 19:43-44 & 21:24). Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The Jews attempted to regain control over Jerusalem several times over the next several hundred years. See: Great Revolt, Kitos War, Bar Kokhba's Revolt, War against Gallus, Revolt against Heraclius. Combatants Roman Empire Jews of Iudaea Province Commanders Vespasian, Titus Simon Bar-Giora, Yohanan mi-Gush Halav (John of Gischala), Eleazar ben Simon Strength 70,000? 1,100,000? Casualties Unknown 1,100,000? (majority Jewish civilian casualties) The first Jewish-Roman War (years 66–73 CE), sometimes called The... Combatants Roman Empire Jews of Iudaea Commanders Lusius Quietus Lukuas or Andreas Casualties Roman & Greek deaths: 200,000 in Cyrene, 240,000 in Cyprus (per Cassius Dio). ... Combatants Roman Empire Jews of Iudaea Commanders Hadrian Simon Bar Kokhba Strength  ?  ? Casualties Unknown 580,000 Jews (mass civilian casualties), 50 fortified towns and 985 villages razed (per Cassius Dio). ... The War against Gallus (351–352) was a Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire directed against the rule of Constantius Gallus, brother-in-law of Emperor Constantius II and Caesar of the East. ... The Revolt against Heraclius (613–617 CE) was a Jewish revolt against the Byzantine Empire coming into aid of the Persian invaders. ...

Additional Scriptures

The following are additional references regarding the gathering (King James Version of the Bible): The King James or Authorised Version of the Bible is an English translation of the Christian Bible first published in 1611. ...

• Deuteronomy 30:3 "That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee."
• Psalms 107:3 "And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south."
• Isaiah 54:7 "For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee."
• Ezekiel 28:25 "Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, ..."

In addition, there are also many New Testament references including John 11:52, "And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad." This article is about the Christian scriptures. ...

Zionism

The year 1881 was a milestone in the Zionist movement, as ideas supporting Jewish statehood became more widespread. The Chovevei Tzion (Lovers of Zion) movement, stressing a return to Zion, became increasingly popular. Jewish refugees fled persecution in Russia and immigrated to the Holy Land from 1882 to 1903. Theodore Herzl (1860-1904) published his book Der Judenstaat (German, The Jewish State) in 1896. Theodor Herzl Theodor Herzl (May 2, 1860–July 3, 1904) was an Austrian Jewish journalist who became the founder of modern political Zionism. ...

Herzl was motivated by the Dreyfus Affair, a notorious anti-Semitic incident in France in which a French Jewish army captain was falsely convicted of spying for Germany. The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s. ...

Herzl convened the First Zionist Congress and proclaimed the right of the Jewish people to national rebirth in its own country. This Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1897.

Balfour Declaration

British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour (1848-1930) wrote the following letter in 1917. Note that Balfour had previously served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. Baron Rothschild (1868-1937) was a British banker and zoologist from the international Rothschild financial dynasty. Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1st Earl Balfour, KG, OM, PC (25 July 1848 - 19 March 1930) was a British Conservative politician and statesman, and the Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905. ... Baron Rothschild, of Tring in the County of Hertford, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...

• Foreign Office
  
  November 2nd, 1917.
  Dear Lord Rothschild,
  
  I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet:
  
  "His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country".
  
  I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
  
  Yours sincerely
  
  Arthur James Balfour

Rebirth of the Modern State of Israel

The Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed a new State of Israel at midnight on May 14, 1948. On that same date, the United States, in the person of President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), recognized the provisional Jewish government as de facto authority of the Jewish state. Haim Weizmann (1874-1952) served as the first president of Israel. David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) served as the prime minister. Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953); as Vice President, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... Chaim Weizmann Chaim Weizmann (November 27, 1874 - November 9, 1952) chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel (elected May 16, 1948, served 1949 - 1952) and founder of a research institute in Israel which eventually became the Weizmann Institute of Science. ...   (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973; Hebrew: ) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. ...

Six-Day War, 1967

Israel fought against the armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia also contributed troops and arms to fight against Israel. Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser led the Pan-Arab army. Combatants Israel Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia Commanders Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Uzi Narkiss, Israel Tal, Mordechai Hod, Ariel Sharon Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdul Munim Riad, Zaid ibn Shaker, Hafez al-Assad Strength 264,000 (incl. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Pan-Arabism is a movement for unification among the Arab peoples and nations of the Middle East. ...

The Jews reunited or compacted Jerusalem on June 7, 1967, by capturing East Jerusalem. Rabbi Shlomo Goren (1917-1994) sounded a shofar at the Western Wall to commemorate the reunification of Jerusalem. For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Shlomo Goren (1917-1994), was a former Orthodox Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. ...

Psalms 122

• [1] I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
• [2] Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
• [3] Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
• [4] Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
• [5] For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
• [6] Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
• [7] Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
• [8] For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
• [9] Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

Aliyah

Aliyah, (pl. aliyot) "ascension" or "going up" is the arrival of Jews as individuals or groups, from exile or Diaspora to live in Eretz Yisrael - the Land of Israel. Those who "go up" for this purpose are known as olim - a term used in the Bible when the Children of Israel went up from Egypt (Gen. 50:14 and Num. 32:11) and - at a later period - for the exiles who returned from captivity in Babylon (Ezra 2:1,59 and Neh. 5-6). The call of Cyrus, King of Persia, in 538 B.C.E., - "Whosoever there is among you of all His people, his God be with him, - let him go up." (Ezra 1:3, IIChron. 36:23) - has been used as a watchword for aliyah.

Jewish Community of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Jews refer to themselves as Beta Israel, the house of Israel. They have lived in the northern province of Gondar. Their neighbors, however, have called them Falashas—the alien ones, the invaders. There are four theories for the origin of the Ethiopian Jews: The Beta Israel (Geez ቤተ፡ እስራኤል BÄ“ta Isrāēl, modern BÄ“te Isrāēl; Hebrew: ), also known by the term Falasha (Amharic for Exiles or Strangers, as they were called by non-Jewish Ethiopians — a term that is considered pejorative) are Jews of Ethiopian origin. ...

• 1) The Beta Israel may be the lost Israelite tribe of Dan.
• 2) They may be descendants of Menelik I, son of King Solomon and Queen Sheba.
• 3) They may be descendants of Ethiopian Christians and pagans who converted to Judaism centuries ago.
• 4) They may be descendants of Jews who fled Israel for Egypt after the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE and eventually settled in Ethiopia.

Operation Moses began on November 19, 1984 and ended six weeks later on January 5, 1985. As a result, 8000 Ethiopian Jews arrived in Israel via Sudan. Operation Joshua was conducted in 1985, bringing 800 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Operation Moses, named after the biblical figure Moses, was the covert removal of Ethiopian Jews (known as Beta Israel) from Sudan during a famine in 1984. ... Operation Joshua was the 1985 removal of 800 Ethiopian Jews (called Beta Israel) from Sudan to Israel. ...

More Ethiopian Jews fled to Israel in Operation Solomon in 1990-91. A total of 14,324 Ethiopian Jews were rescued and resettled in Israel, a modern exodus. Operation Solomon was a 1991 covert Israeli military operation to take Ethiopian Jews to Israel. ...

The Likud government of Yitzhak Shamir authorized a special permit for the Israeli airline, El Al, to fly on the Jewish Sabbath. On Friday, May 24, and continuing non-stop for 36 hours, a total of 34 El Al jumbo jets and Hercules C-130s—seats removed to accommodate the maximum number of Ethiopians—began a new chapter in the struggle for the freedom of Ethiopian Jewry.   (Hebrew יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר) (born October 15, 1915) was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992. ...

The Ethiopian Jews boarded the aircraft at Addis Ababa International Airport. The operation set a world record for single-flight passenger load on May 24, 1991 when an El Al 747 carried 1,087 passengers to Israel.

An estimated 110,000 Ethiopian Jews now live in Israel.

The Lemba People

The Lemba are a black, southern Africa tribe of Jewish ancestry. There are several oral traditions regarding their origin. According to one version, a group of Jews left Jerusalem about 2500 years ago. They settled in Yemen and built a city called Sena or Senna. The group then traveled to Africa and split into two sections. One group settled in Ethiopia. The other group went further south along the East Coast. The Lemba or Lembaa are a group of people numbering 70,000 in southern Africa. ... The Lemba or Lembaa are a group of people numbering 70,000 in southern Africa. ...

The second group settled in what today is known as Tanzania and Kenya, where they built a second city which was also called Senna. Here they prospered and increased in numbers. Another version states that the Lemba are descendants of attendants of the Israelite King Solomon who traveled to Ophir (Zimbabwe) in search of gold. Some of the Lemba moved to southern Africa. They live today in Malawi, Zimbabwe and the South African region of Venda, where their total population is 70,000. They speak the Bantu language. The Lemba have religious beliefs and practices similar to those in Judaism.

• 1. They are monotheists and call their creator God, “Nwali.”
• 2. They consider one day per week holy and praise “Nwali” on that day. This resembles the Jewish Sabbath.
• 3. They teach their children to honour their parents.
• 4. They refrain from eating Pork or other foods forbidden by the Old Testament. Their form of slaughter resembles Jewish Shechita.
• 5. They practice male circumcision.
• 6. They have strict rules against marrying outside their tribe.

Furthermore, the Lemba males posses the Priestly Cohanim gene on their Y chromosome (from work done by Jenkins and Spurgle -Wits University)

B'nei Menashe

The Bnei Menashe live in North East India, in the land that lies between Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Bangladesh. The Bnei Menashe are descendants of the Tribe of Menashe, or Manasseh, according to their oral traditions. Their exile began when the Northern Kingdom of Israel was taken captive in 721 B.C. They escaped from slavery in Assyria and traveled to Media/Persia. They crossed the silk route finally ending up in India. The Bnei Menashe have kept Jewish traditions, including observing Shabbat, keeping the laws of Kosher, practicing circumcision on the eighth day of a baby boy's life and observing Talmudic family purity. One Bnei Menashe song, which had been handed down and carried throughout their travels, describes part of the Exodus from Egypt: Flag of Bnei Menashe The Bnei Menashe (Children of Menasseh, Hebrew בני מנשה) are a group of more than 8,000 people from Indias remote North-Eastern border states of Manipur and Mizoram who claim descent from one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. ...

We must keep the Passover festival. Because we crossed the Red Sea on the dry land. At night we crossed with a fire.

And by day with a cloud. Enemies pursued us with chariots. And the sea swallowed them up.

And used them as food for the fish. And when we were thirsty. We received water from the rock.

In recent years, over 800 members of the Bnei Menashe community have made Aliyah, immigration to Israel. In addition to Bnei Menashe, there are at least four other native Jewish or Israelite communities in India:

• The Cochin Jews arrived in India 2,500 years ago and settled down in Cochin, Kerala as traders.
• The Baghdadi Jews arrived in the city Mumbai from Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, and Arab countries about 250 years ago.
• The Bene Israel arrived in the state of Maharashtra 2,100 years ago. Most Bene Israel have now emigrated to Israel.
• The Bene Ephraim (also called Telugu Jews) are a small group who speak Telugu; their observance of Judaism dates to 1981.

Cochin Jews, also called Malabar Jews are the ancient prospetutess and their descendants of the South Indian erstwhile state of Kingdom of Cochin which includes the present day port city of Kochi. ... The Baghdadi Jews are one of the main Jewish communities of India. ... The Bene Israel (Sons of Israel) are a group of Jews who migrated in the nineteenth century from west Maharashtra to the nearby cities, primarily Mumbai, but also to Pune, Ahmadabad, and Karachi (Karachi later became a part of Pakistan). ... This is all Bull Crap. ...

Additional Jewish Communities in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan

Pashtun tribes mainly live in the highlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and they are divided into 60 tribes and 400 clans. The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group consisting mainly of eastern Iranian stock living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, and the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ...

The Pashtuns observe Saturday as a day of rest. They also place pebbles on graves. They have a symbol called a "nars" which resembles a five-branch menorah, which they use for celebrations such as births or weddings.

The Afridi Pashtun tribe is identified with Ephraim. The Afridi tribe is one of the largest Pashtun tribe, numbering about three million. For hundreds of years, Afridis have called themselves Bani Israel (Pushto for the Hebrew B'nei Yisrael, meaning "Children of Israel") and believe that they originated from the Ephraim tribe.

According to some Jewish and European explorers from the Middle Ages until the present day the: Afridi tribe originates from Ephraim, the Yusufzai tribe from Joseph, the Rabbani from Reuben, the Levani from Levi, the Ashuri from Asher, etc.

Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, claimed that his royal family descended from the Tribe of Benjamin. Mohammed Zahir Shah (born October 16, 1914) was the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973. ...

China

The Chiang Tribe in China may be a remnant of an Israelite tribe. The Chiang live in the mountainous area of northwest China, west of the Min River, near the border of Tibet, in Szechuan. Their population is about 250 thousand people. The Chiang Tribe's oral tradition is that they are descendants of Abraham and of his twelve sons. They also have a tradition that their ancestors migrated from the West after a journey of three years and three months. They believe in one God whom they call Abachi meaning the father of heaven, or Mabichu, the spirit of heaven, or also Tian, heaven. The Chiang perform ritual animal sacrifices similar to those of ancient Israel. Furthermore, the prophet Isaiah may have had a vision of these people when he wrote concerning the gathering of Israel: Isaiah the Prophet in Hebrew Scriptures was depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. ...

• Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. (Isaiah 49:12)

Sinim is the Hebrew word for China. Sinim is a land mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of Isaiah 49:12. ...

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External links

• Gathering of the Jews and Lost Tribes