'Family' in the Bible

And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.

These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom was from his own family.

"Every one of the Israelites must camp under his standard with the emblems of his family; they must camp at some distance around the tent of meeting.

So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

The Simeonites by their families: from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; from Jakin, the family of the Jakinites;

from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; and from Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

The Gadites by their families: from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

from Ozni, the family of the Oznites; from Eri, the family of the Erites;

from Arod, the family of the Arodites, and from Areli, the family of the Arelites.

And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

The Issacharites by their families: from Tola, the family of the Tolaites; from Puah, the family of the Puites;

from Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; and from Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

The Zebulunites by their families: from Sered, the family of the Sardites; from Elon, the family of the Elonites; from Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites (now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;

from Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; from Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

from Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; from Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

These are the Ephraimites by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Beker, the family of the Bekerites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Now these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the Eranites.

The Benjaminites by their families: from Bela, the family of the Belaites; from Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

from Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

The descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. From Ard, the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites.

These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families.

The Asherites by their families: from Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; from Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriahites.

From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites.

The Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the family of the Gunites;

from Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.

These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.

Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father."

and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the Lord commanded Moses.'"

"You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals.

Then the heads of the family groups of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families.

This is what the Lord has commanded for Zelophehad's daughters: 'Let them marry whomever they think best, only they must marry within the family of their father's tribe.

And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any of the tribes of the Israelites must become the wife of a man from any family in her father's tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of his fathers.

They were married into the families of the Manassehites, the descendants of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's family.