Dictionary of Bible Themes A social unit, larger than a family but smaller than a tribe. Judges 6:15Membership of a clan See also Leviticus 25:10Joshua 7:14-18 Ruth 2:1 1 Samuel 9:21; 10:17-21; 18:18 Judges 12:9 Marriage and the clan See also Genesis 24:34-41Numbers 36:1-12 Numbers 27:8-11 Inheritance within the clan Leviticus 25:47-49The responsibility of the clan for protection and revenge See also Ruth 3:7-12; 4:1-122 Samuel 14:5-7 Numbers 26:1-61 The clans of Israel listed Joshua 13:15-33; 15:1-19:48The land allocated to the clans Genesis 10:5Non-Israelite clans See also Genesis 10:15-20,31-32; 36:40-43See also 5680 family5705 inheritance, spiritual 7135 Israel, people of God 7266 tribes of Israel 7388 kinsman-redeemer |
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