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The Ten Tribes in Messianic Redemption

These sources explore the biblical and rabbinic basis for the return of the ten tribes from exile in the messianic era, including their role in the final war of Gog and Magog. They encompass the foundational prophetic promises of reunification, the classical Talmudic dispute over whether the tribes will return, and later mystical and philosophical interpretations of this redemptive process.

וְשָׁ֨ב יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֶת־שְׁבוּתְךָ֖ וְקִבֶּצְךָ֙ מִכׇּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים

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Source 1 · Tanach
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Ezekiel – Vision of the Two Sticks

יחזקאל ל״ז:ט״ו-כ״ח

Ezekiel 37:15-28

The prophet is commanded to join two sticks — one for Judah and one for Ephraim (the ten tribes) — symbolizing the future reunification of all Israel under one king, a key proof-text for the ten tribes' return in the messianic era.

וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם קַח־לְךָ֙ עֵ֣ץ אֶחָ֔ד וּכְתֹ֤ב עָלָיו֙ לִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְלִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֲבֵרָ֑ו וּלְקַח֙ עֵ֣ץ אֶחָ֔ד וּכְת֣וֹב עָלָ֗יו לְיוֹסֵף֙ עֵ֣ץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְכׇל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֲבֵרָֽו׃ וְקָרַ֨ב אֹתָ֜ם אֶחָ֧ד אֶל־אֶחָ֛ד לְךָ֖ לְעֵ֣ץ אֶחָ֑ד וְהָי֥וּ לַאֲחָדִ֖ים בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ וְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִה֒ הִנֵּ֨ה אֲנִ֤י לֹקֵ֙חַ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִבֵּ֥ין הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָֽלְכוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י אֹתָם֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם אֶל־אַדְמָתָֽם׃ וְעָשִׂ֣יתִי אֹ֠תָ֠ם לְג֨וֹי אֶחָ֤ד בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ בְּהָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמֶ֧לֶךְ אֶחָ֛ד יִהְיֶ֥ה לְכֻלָּ֖ם לְמֶ֑לֶךְ וְלֹ֤א (יהיה) [יִֽהְיוּ־]עוֹד֙ לִשְׁנֵ֣י גוֹיִ֔ם וְלֹ֨א יֵחָ֥צוּ ע֛וֹד לִשְׁתֵּ֥י מַמְלָכ֖וֹת עֽוֹד׃

And you, O mortal, take a stick and write on it, “Of Judah and the Israelites associated with him”; and take another stick and write on it, “Of Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and all the House of Israel associated with him.” Bring them close to each other, so that they become one stick, joined together in your hand. and you shall declare to them: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to take the Israelite people from among the nations they have gone to, and gather them from every quarter, and bring them to their own land. I will make them a single nation in the land, on the hills of Israel, and one king shall be king of them all. Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms.

Source 2 · Tanach
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Isaiah – The Second Ingathering

ישעיהו י״א:י״א-ט״ז

Isaiah 11:11-16

Isaiah prophesies that God will 'set His hand a second time' to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, Egypt, and the distant lands, explicitly including Ephraim; the 'highway for the remnant' across the river directly informs traditions about the return of the ten tribes.

וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יוֹסִ֨יף אֲדֹנָ֤י ׀ שֵׁנִית֙ יָד֔וֹ לִקְנ֖וֹת אֶת־שְׁאָ֣ר עַמּ֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשָּׁאֵר֩ מֵאַשּׁ֨וּר וּמִמִּצְרַ֜יִם וּמִפַּתְר֣וֹס וּמִכּ֗וּשׁ וּמֵעֵילָ֤ם וּמִשִּׁנְעָר֙ וּמֵ֣חֲמָ֔ת וּמֵאִיֵּ֖י הַיָּֽם׃ וְנָשָׂ֥א נֵס֙ לַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְאָסַ֖ף נִדְחֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּנְפֻצ֤וֹת יְהוּדָה֙ יְקַבֵּ֔ץ מֵאַרְבַּ֖ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ וְהָיְתָ֣ה מְסִלָּ֔ה לִשְׁאָ֣ר עַמּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשָּׁאֵ֖ר מֵאַשּׁ֑וּר כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר הָֽיְתָה֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּי֥וֹם עֲלֹת֖וֹ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

In that day, my Sovereign will apply the divine hand again to redeeming the other part of this people from Assyria—as also from Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coastlands. [God] will hold up a signal to the nations And assemble the banished of Israel, And gather the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth. Thus there shall be a highway for the other part of Israel out of Assyria, such as there was for this people when it left the land of Egypt.

Source 3 · Tanach
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Ezekiel – Prophecy of Gog u'Magog

יחזקאל ל״ח:א׳-כ״ג

Ezekiel 38:1-23

The central biblical source for the war of Gog and Magog, describing a great northern coalition attacking a restored Israel; the backdrop against which Abarbanel maps the role of the returning ten tribes in the final war.

בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם שִׂ֤ים פָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־גּוֹג֙ אֶ֣רֶץ הַמָּג֔וֹג נְשִׂ֕יא רֹ֖אשׁ מֶ֣שֶׁךְ וְתֻבָ֑ל וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עָלָֽיו׃ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֑ה הִנְנִ֤י אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ גּ֔וֹג נְשִׂ֕יא רֹ֖אשׁ מֶ֥שֶׁךְ וְתֻבָֽל׃ מִיָּמִ֣ים רַבִּים֮ תִּפָּקֵד֒ בְּאַחֲרִ֨ית הַשָּׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹא ׀ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ ׀ מְשׁוֹבֶ֣בֶת מֵחֶ֗רֶב מְקֻבֶּ֙צֶת֙ מֵעַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים עַ֚ל הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֥וּ לְחׇרְבָּ֖ה תָּמִ֑יד וְהִיא֙ מֵעַמִּ֣ים הוּצָ֔אָה וְיָשְׁב֥וּ לָבֶ֖טַח כֻּלָּֽם׃

O mortal, turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him and say: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Lo, I am coming to deal with you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal! After a long time you shall be summoned; in the distant future you shall march against the land [of a people] restored from the sword, gathered from the midst of many peoples—against the mountains of Israel, which have long lain desolate—[a people] liberated from the nations, and now all dwelling secure.

Source 4 · Tanach
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Deuteronomy – Return of the Exiles

דברים ל׳:א׳-ה׳

Deuteronomy 30:1-5

The Torah's foundational promise that God will gather Israel from all the nations to which they were scattered, including those at 'the ends of heaven' — the verse Abarbanel and others read as encompassing the lost ten tribes in the final redemption.

וְשָׁ֨ב יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֶת־שְׁבוּתְךָ֖ וְרִחֲמֶ֑ךָ וְשָׁ֗ב וְקִבֶּצְךָ֙ מִכׇּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֱפִֽיצְךָ֛ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ שָֽׁמָּה׃ אִם־יִהְיֶ֥ה נִֽדַּחֲךָ֖ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם מִשָּׁ֗ם יְקַבֶּצְךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וּמִשָּׁ֖ם יִקָּחֶֽךָ׃

then the ETERNAL your God will restore your fortunes and take you back in love. You will be brought together again from all the peoples where the ETERNAL your God has scattered you. Even if your outcasts are at the ends of the world, from there the ETERNAL your God will gather you—from there you will be fetched.

Source 5 · Tanach
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Jeremiah – Ingathering of Ephraim

ירמיהו ל״א:ז׳-כ״א

Jeremiah 31:7-21

God promises to bring back Ephraim (the ten tribes) from the north country, and the moving lament of Rachel weeping for her children is answered with assurance that they will return — a passage central to messianic discussions of the ten tribes' restoration.

כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה רׇנּ֤וּ לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙ שִׂמְחָ֔ה וְצַהֲל֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם הַשְׁמִ֤יעוּ הַֽלְלוּ֙ וְאִמְר֔וּ הוֹשַׁ֤ע יְהֹוָה֙ אֶֽת־עַמְּךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֗וֹן וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־אָ֒רֶץ֒ בָּ֚ם עִוֵּ֣ר וּפִסֵּ֔חַ הָרָ֥ה וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו קָהָ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל יָשׁ֥וּבוּ הֵֽנָּה׃ בִּבְכִ֣י יָבֹ֗אוּ וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮ אֽוֹבִילֵם֒ אֽוֹלִיכֵם֙ אֶל־נַ֣חֲלֵי מַ֔יִם בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָשָׁ֔ר לֹ֥א יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ בָּ֑הּ כִּֽי־הָיִ֤יתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְאָ֔ב וְאֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּכֹ֥רִי הֽוּא׃ {פ}

For thus said GOD: Cry out in joy for Jacob, Shout at the crossroads of the nations! Sing aloud in praise, and say: Save, O ETERNAL One, Your people, The remnant of Israel. I will bring them in from the northland, Gather them from the ends of the earth— The blind and the lame among them, Those with child and those in labor— In a vast throng they shall return here. They shall come with weeping, And with compassion will I guide them. I will lead them to streams of water, By a level road where they will not stumble. For I am ever a Father to Israel, Ephraim is My first-born.

Source 6 · Chazal
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Talmud Sanhedrin – Do the Ten Tribes Return?

סנהדרין ק״י ב

Sanhedrin 110b

A famous Talmudic dispute between Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Eliezer over whether the ten tribes will return in the future: Rabbi Eliezer holds they will return, citing Isaiah's imagery of light, while Rabbi Akiva holds they will not — the foundational Talmudic source for the entire question.

מַתְנִי׳ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים אֵינָן עֲתִידִין לַחֲזוֹר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיַּשְׁלִכֵם אֶל אֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה״. מָה הַיּוֹם הוֹלֵךְ וְאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר – אַף הֵם הוֹלְכִים וְאֵינָן חוֹזְרִים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: ״כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה״ – מָה יוֹם מַאֲפִיל וּמֵאִיר, אַף עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים שֶׁאֲפֵילָה לָהֶן כָּךְ עֲתִידָה לְהָאִיר לָהֶם. גְּמָ׳ תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים אֵין לָהֶם חֵלֶק לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיִּתְּשֵׁם ה׳ מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם בְּאַף וּבְחֵמָה וּבְקֶצֶף גָּדוֹל״. ״וַיִּתְּשֵׁם ה׳ מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם״ – בְּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, ״וַיַּשְׁלִכֵם אֶל אֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת״ – לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יְהוּדָה אִישׁ כְּפַר עַכּוֹ אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן: אִם מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה – אֵינָן חוֹזְרִין, וְאִם לָאו – חוֹזְרִין. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: בָּאִים הֵם לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִתָּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל וְגוֹ׳״. אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: שַׁבְקַהּ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לַחֲסִידוּתֵיהּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הָלֹךְ וְקָרָאתָ אֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה צָפוֹנָה וְאָמַרְתָּ שׁוּבָה מְשֻׁבָה יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם ה׳ לוֹא אַפִּיל פָּנַי בָּכֶם כִּי חָסִיד אֲנִי נְאֻם ה׳ לֹא אֶטּוֹר לְעוֹלָם״.

MISHNA: The ten tribes are not destined to return to Eretz Yisrael, even during the messianic era, as it is stated: “And He cast them into another land, as it is this day” (Deuteronomy 29:27). Just as the day passes never to return, so too, the ten tribes go into exile and do not return; this is the statement of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Eliezer says: “As it is this day,” meaning just as the day darkens and then the sky brightens the next day, with regard to the ten tribes as well, although it is dark for them now, so it is destined to brighten for them. GEMARA: The Sages taught in a baraita (Tosefta 13:12): The ten tribes have no share in the World-to-Come, as it is stated: “And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation; and He cast them into another land, as it is this day” (Deuteronomy 29:27). “And the Lord rooted them out of their land” indicates in this world; “and cast them into another land” indicates for the World-to-Come; this is the statement of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Shimon ben Yehuda of the village of Akko says in the name of Rabbi Shimon: If their actions continue to be “as it is this day” and they continue to sin, they do not return to Eretz Yisrael. And if not, and they repent, they return to Eretz Yisrael. Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: The members of the ten tribes come to the World-to-Come, as it is stated: “And it shall come to pass on that day, that a great shofar will be sounded, and they shall come who were lost in the land of Assyria and who were dispersed in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship the Lord at the holy mountain in Jerusalem” (Isaiah 27:13). Rabba bar bar Ḥana says that Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Here too, Rabbi Akiva abandoned his piety and uncharacteristically interpreted the verses harshly, as it is stated with regard to the ten tribes: “Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return you faithless Israel, says the Lord; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will not bear a grudge forever” (Jeremiah 3:12). The prophet prophesies about the return of the ten tribes to Eretz Yisrael.

Source 7 · Chazal
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Mishnah Sanhedrin – Ten Tribes and the World to Come

משנה סנהדרין י׳:ג׳

Mishnah Sanhedrin 10:3

The Mishnah records that the ten tribes have no share in the World to Come and will not return, based on Deuteronomy — the starting point of the rabbinic debate that Abarbanel and later authorities weigh in on.

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, עֲלֵיהֶם הוּא אוֹמֵר (שמואל א ב) ה' מֵמִית וּמְחַיֶּה מוֹרִיד שְׁאוֹל וַיָּעַל. עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים אֵינָן עֲתִידִין לַחֲזֹר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כט) וַיַּשְׁלִכֵם אֶל אֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה, מַה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה הוֹלֵךְ וְאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר, אַף הֵם הוֹלְכִים וְאֵינָם חוֹזְרִים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה, מַה הַיּוֹם מַאֲפִיל וּמֵאִיר, אַף עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים שֶׁאָפַל לָהֶן, כָּךְ עָתִיד לְהָאִיר לָהֶן:

The ten tribes are not destined to return to Eretz Yisrael, even during the messianic era, as it is stated: “And He cast them into another land, as it is this day” (Deuteronomy 29:27). Just as the day passes never to return, so too, the ten tribes go into exile and do not return; this is the statement of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Eliezer says: “As it is this day,” meaning just as the day darkens and then the sky brightens the next day, with regard to the ten tribes as well, although it is dark for them now, so it is destined to brighten for them.

Source 8 · Chazal
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Talmud Yevamot – Status of the Ten Tribes

יבמות ט״ז ב-י״ז א

Yevamot 16b-17a

Discusses the legal and national status of the ten tribes in relation to the rest of Israel, raising the question of whether they retain their identity as Israelites — relevant to whether their return constitutes a national reunification.

כְּסַף גֻּלְגֻּלְתָּא, לְהֵיכָא יָהֲבַתְּ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ לְפוּם נַהֲרָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִם כֵּן, מִפּוּם נַהֲרָא אַתְּ. מַאי הַרְפַּנְיָא? אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: הַר שֶׁהַכֹּל פּוֹנִין בּוֹ. בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: כׇּל שֶׁאֵין מַכִּיר מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וְשִׁבְטוֹ נִפְנֶה לְשָׁם.

§ Rav Yehuda said that Rav Asi said: With regard to a gentile who betrothed a Jewish woman nowadays, we are concerned that the betrothal might be valid, despite the fact that a betrothal of a gentile is meaningless, lest he be from the ten tribes of Israel who intermingled with the gentiles. The Gemara raises an objection: But there is an important principle in halakha that any item separated, i.e., not fixed in its place, is presumed to have been separated from the majority. In this case, it can be assumed that any individual singled out from the gentiles belongs to the majority of gentiles and has no Jewish roots at all. The Gemara responds: Rav Yehuda means that there is a concern only with regard to those who came from the permanent dwelling places of the ten tribes. As Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said that the verse states about those exiled from Samaria: “And he put them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes” (II K

Source 9 · Rishonim
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רד"ק, רד"ק

רד"ק על ישעיהו מ״ט:ו׳

Radak on Isaiah 49:6

לאור גוים - שיראו בעתיד קיום נבואותיך. ובתשועת ישראל מגוג ומגוג יוושעו גם המה וישובו.

פי' כי נבואותיך יהיו לעתיד לאור גוים שיראו שיתקיימו נבואותיך ישובו לדרך טוב ויאירו בך להיות ישועתי עד קצה הארץ, כי בתשועת ישראל יהיו נושעים גם כן הגוים אחר מלחמות גוג ומגוג, כמו שאמר יבאו כל בשר להשתחוות לפני, ואמר והלכו גוים לאורך ומלכים לנוגה זרחך:

Source 10 · Acharonim
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Kol HaTor – Gathering of the Ten Tribes

קול התור ב׳:א׳

Kol HaTor 2:1

The Vilna Gaon's school, as recorded in Kol HaTor, discusses the role of the ingathering of the ten tribes as part of the unfolding messianic process, connecting it to the mission of the ben Yosef messianic figure who precedes the final redemption.

וכן בחושבנא ״ארמלס״.

Efraim is the one who wages war against Armilus.

Source 11 · Acharonim
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מהר"ל, מהר"ל

נצח ישראל ל״ד

Netzach Yisrael 34

והגלות של עשרת השבטים הוא בשביל גזירות השם שגזר עליהם והשליכם אל ארץ אחרת, והיא גזירה שלא יהיו נודעים ולא יתחברו ביחד עד עת קץ, כמו שגזר הפירוד והפיזור על ישראל, והגזירה היא המעכבת שלא יוודע מקומם. אמנם קצת מוכח שיש למדרש דלעיל דבר פנימי, שאמר שאותן שגלו הקב"ה עושה להם מחילות מתחת לקרקע, ודבר זה אי אפשר לפרש כמשמעו, ואין ספק שפירושו כי י' שבטים הכח שיש להם נסתר ונעלם, וכאילו אינם כלל, והם בכח ולא בפועל עד שלעתיד יתגלה כח שלהם...

ואין לומר שהיו מתערבים עם הגוים*, ופליגי אם אותן שנטמעו בין הגוים יחזרו לעתיד, דבפרק קמא דיבמות (יז.) מוכח דלא חיישינן להכי, דקאמר שם גוי שקדש בזמן הזה, אין חוששין לקדושין, ולא חיישינן שמא הוא מעשרת השבטים, דגמירא דבנתיה דההוא דרא אצטרויי אצטרי. כי כמה פעמים האדם מעתיק מקומו והולך למקום אחר.

Therefore, one must say that that which Rabbi Elazar said that the ten tribes are destined to return, the meaning is that they will return in the future along with the rest of the exiles [of the kingdom of Judah]. For even now also they are [mixed] in the midst of the rest of the exiles [of the kingdom of Judah], for originally He exiled them such that ultimately they would be able to return with the rest of the exiles, for He exiled them originally to Afrikei or to the Selug Mountains, and afterward they were uprooted from their place [there] to be amongst the rest of the exiles [of Judah].

Source 12 · Acharonim
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מלבי"ם, מלבי"ם

מלבי"ם על ישעיהו מ״ג:ו׳

Malbim on Isaiah 43:6

אומר לצפון - אלו שבצפון סגורים בין הרים, ושבדרום סגורים רק בין הגוים, ואמר ב' פעמים אל תירא - שמתייראים פן יאבדו בין הגוים, ושלא יוכלו להגאל. ואמר ממזרח אביא - על י' השבטים השוכנים יחד, וממערב אקבצך - על יהודה ובנימין המפוזרים.

אמר לצפון תני, גם היהודים אשר בצפון שהם מסוגרים שם בהרים מקיפים אותם ולא יוכלו לצאת מתוכם, יאמר ה' אל החלק הזה שיתן את הסגורים בתוכו, אבל היושבים בתימן אין סגורים בין הררי עד, רק שהאומות לא יניחו אותם לצאת יאמר אל תכלאו ואל תעכבו בידם מלצאת:

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