Land of Israel define different but similar borders which include the whole of contemporary Lebanon, both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and Israel, except for the South Negev and Eilat. Small parts of Syria are also included. The common biblical phrase used to refer to the territories actually settled by the Israelites (as opposed to military conquests) is "from Dan to Beersheba" (or its variant "from Beersheba to Dan"), which occurs many times in the Bible. It is found in the biblical verses , , , , , , , , and . The 12 tribes of Israel are divided in
Leaders of the tribes of Israel completion of the Tabernacle. () They were summoned together to meet with Moses by the sounding of one silver trumpet (sounding both silver trumpets being the signal for the whole Israelite community to move forward on their Exodus journey). A second list is given in : these are the men who were sent by Moses to spy out the Land of Canaan. They are also described by the text as leaders of their tribesmen (): gives the list of the leaders of the tribes who took possession of the Land of Canaan. This list omits Reuben and Gad, who, at