There’s no great source for the other tribes other than Levi (basically the law of Moses description of their role and John the Baptist’s statement to Joseph and Oliver), Judah (we know a lot about the Jews in the last days and their role from various scriptures, and Ephraim (from Hosea, Isaiah, and the Doctrine and Covenants which essentially is a set of commandments for the Church which is now largely Ephraim). The roles of the other ten (since there are 13 tribes) are more obscure. We know most about Benjamin after the first three I mentioned, but then the rest have very thin information in scripture. What I meant by the quote you cited is that when someone is declared part of one of the less common tribes, there might be elements in their personal patriarchal blessing which talk about their role. Since the blessings are sacred and private–we don’t know what’s in them. I’m just speculating that if you could find everyone who had been told they were from Naphtali (for example) and then collate the information in their blessings, you might get a clue as to the role of Naphtali in the latter days. I’ll send you a thing I wrote on Benjamin for a Mom who wanted to know about that tribe since her son was told he was in that one. Best regards, T

You’re welcome. Thanks for the idea on the Egyptian’s entrance into slavery for food–good insight.

Thanks Marci. I appreciate your comments. If you have other questions that aren’t clear in the lessons, let me know. A quicker way to reach me is by the email address at the end of each lesson. I don’t check these comments too often. The previous lessons are here on-line. If you have difficulty downloading any of them let me know and I can send them. There is a mail-out list for these lessons every week. If you’d like to be on the list and receive them weekly, let me know. I just need your email address and your permission to send them to you. Best regards, Terry

Dear Kelly, Sorry I’ve been so long replying to this–I don’t check the comments page on the website often enough, I guess. Jonah could be a type or metaphor for this, but the sculptural programme across these column tops (lintels) is the life of Christ. These depict two high priests tempting Judas to betray Jesus and then the scene of Christ’s temptation in the wilderness in parallel. I’m grateful these are of use to you. Best regards, Terry

Do you think it might be possible that this is Jonah with his back to us, but looking at us? I wondered if it could be him because he turned away from the Lord and His command but was persuaded to come back again.
These photos are beautiful and spectacular. I would never have known this existed if you hadn’t chosen to share this with me. Thank you. I enjoy your lessons immensely everytime I explore them.

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