SYMBOLS OF TWELVE TRIBES: NAPHTALI

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Symbols Of Twelve Tribes

a) The Symbols of the Tribes are often depicted in Synagogues. The Book of Numbers tells us that each Tribe had its characteristic symbol used in its encampment.

Numbers 2:2  

2 “Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father’s house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting. 

2. Naphtali

a) Naphtali is depicted by a doe i.e. a female deer.

Genesis 49:21  
21 “Naphtali is a deer let loose;
He uses beautiful words.