Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  5000 Humanity  »  5650 Human relationships  »  5671 clan

A social unit, larger than a family but smaller than a tribe.

Membership of a clan

Judges 6:15 See also Leviticus 25:10; Joshua 7:14-18; Ruth 2:1; 1 Samuel 9:21; Samuel 10:17-21; Samuel 18:18

Marriage and the clan

Judges 12:9 See also Genesis 24:34-41; Numbers 36:1-12

Inheritance within the clan

Numbers 27:8-11

The responsibility of the clan for protection and revenge

Leviticus 25:47-49 See also Ruth 3:7-12; Ruth 4:1-12; 2 Samuel 14:5-7

The clans of Israel listed

Numbers 26:1-61

The land allocated to the clans

Joshua 13:15-33; Joshua 15:1-19:48

Non-Israelite clans

Genesis 10:5 See also Genesis 10:15-20,31-32; Genesis 36:40-43

See also

5680  family
5704  inheritance, material
7135  Israel, people of God
7266  tribes of Israel
7388  kinsman-redeemer