[Library Lady]

I know I'm going to get flamed for this but here goes. . . 13 also represents the tribe of Manasseh from which some scholars believe the United States is descended.

[savedbygrace]

No scholars deserving of the title believe that.

[aruanan]

I know I'm going to get flamed for this but here goes. . . 13 also represents the tribe of Manasseh from which some scholars believe the United States is descended.

Variants of the above, found in British Israelism and Mormonism, are without a shred of historical, archeological, anthropological, philological, genetic, or any other evidence.