Isaiah 11:12 “He will lift up a banner for the nations, and assemble the dispersed of Israel, and

gather the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Jeremiah 23: 8 “‘As Adonai lives, who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and from all the lands where He had banished them.’ So they will dwell in their own soil.”

Isaiah 5:26 “He will lift up a banner to nations far off, and will whistle for them from the ends of the earth. Look! Swiftly, speedily they come!”
Isaiah 43: 5 - 6 “Do not fear, for I a m with you. I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘ Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from far and My daughters from the ends of the earth.”

The Lost Tribes of the House of Israel

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Khyber Pass Chang’an Kaifeng

Damascus
Kandahar Ephraim & Simeon
Bnei Menashe
Manipur Bnei Manashe
Mizoram
(Manasseh)
Lemba
Mumbai (Bombay)

“Children of Israel”

Jeremiah 16:15 “As Adonai lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.”
Tach Gayint

Beta Israel (Dan) Gondar Yibir

Hargeisa
Addis Ababa
Woliso Beta Abraham
Igbo Hosanna Gefat Bnei Menashe

Tach Gayint

Gondar
Beta Israel
Addis Ababa
Woliso
Hosanna

Buhera Buhera
Gutu
Gutu Mberengwa
Lemba Community
Mberengwa
www.jvmi.org Beta Abraha m Beta Israel
Gefat
Lost Tribes of Israel
These locations and people groups are not among those JVMI currently ministers to, and
information for these people groups has been taken from “The Quest for the Lost Tribes” DVD.

Main Silk Route Connection Lemba

The Silk Route (or Silk Road) was a 4,000-mile-long road system developed for commerce
between China and the Middle East. When the Lost Tribes scattered, many of them used the
Silk Route to migrate to other destinations.

Lost Tribes JVMI Works Among Lemba

These locations and people groups have been thoroughly researched by JVMI and are
where JVMI takes medical/humanitarian aid and shares the Gospel.
Gefat

Lost Tribes The Beta Abraham | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
In the northern part of Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis
of Israel Ababa, the Kechene area is home to the Beta Abraham Jewish
served by community. Many of their ancestors outwardly converted to
Christianity under religious persecution, and some Beta Abraham
JVMI: today continue to practice their Jewish traditions in secret.
The Beta Israel | Gondar & Tach Gayint, Ethiopia
In 1975, the Israeli government recognized the Beta Israel of Northern Ethiopia.
In 1991, Operation Solomon transported 14,500 of these Ethiopian Jews to Israel in
36 hours of nonstop flights. When the flights discontinued, thousands were left behind
and to this day live as outcasts in the Gondar community.
Though these groups of Jewish people have lived in Ethiopia for centuries, they are
called Falasha, a derogatory term meaning “outcast” or “stranger.”
The Gefat | Woliso & Hosanna, Ethiopia The Lemba | Southern Africa The Bnei Menashe | Manipur & Mizoram, India
The Gefat Jewish People in Southern Ethiopia strongly identify with Israel and observe biblical The Lemba live in Southern African nations including Zimbabwe, The Bnei Menashe are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh residing in two states
commandments given to God’s Chosen People, including circumcising male babies on the eighth day, South Africa, and other countries. They follow biblical dietary laws, in northeastern India. Oral tribal histories say they were taken captive by Assyria when
applying the blood of a sacrificial lamb to their doorposts at Passover, and celebrating the Leviticus 23 feasts.
The Gefat are called Fuga by the surrounding people indicating “hated” or “disliked.” Fuga means
have their own kosher butchers, practice circumcision, observe the
Sabbath, and do not inter-marry. New evidence reveals that many
Israel was conquered. Some believe they traveled the ancient Silk Route east to central
Asia, settled in China, and eventually migrated south to India. Their traditions include
“blower,” revealing a proud heritage of blowers of the shofar, but is now used as an insult to say, “we wish Lemba have the Y chromosome frequently found in Jews identified songs about the Exodus, wearing prayer shawls that feature a blue thread, and wearing
you would simply blow away.” as Cohanim suggesting they have ties to the Levites. kippahs. Thousands of Bnei Menashe have made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel.

Ezekiel 28: 25 “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the people a mong whom they are scattered and show my holiness through them in the eyes of the nations, then they will live in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.” Deuteronomy 30: 3 “... then Adonai your God will bring you back from captivity and have compassion on you, and He will return and gather you from all the peoples where Adonai your God has scattered you.”