The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, ¹  like a hut ²  that a watchman has made.

A house and wealth are inherited from parents, ¹  but a prudent wife ²  is from the Lord.

Deacons must be husbands of one wife ¹  and good managers of their children and their own households.

¹ These are the heads of their fathers’ households: ²  The sons ³  of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans ⁴  of Reuben.

All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered ¹  according to their families.

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons. ¹ 

All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.

These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath:

Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.

Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God’s temple. ¹ 

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites, listed by their families.

His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected.

These were their divisions by families: There were a thousand officers from Judah. ¹  Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

and his colleagues who were heads of families ¹  – 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

In the days of Joiakim, these were the priests who were leaders of the families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles ¹  as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.

The king replied ¹  to the wise men, “My decision is firm. ²  If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered ³  and your homes reduced to rubble!