'House' in the Bible

One man from each tribe is to accompany you, each man being the leader of his ancestral house.

These individuals were the ones whom Moses and Aaron registered from the twelve leaders of Israel, each person from his ancestral house.

"Every single Israeli is to encamp beneath his standard with the emblem of his ancestral house. The Israelis are to encamp in front of and surrounding the Tent of Meeting."

So the Israelis did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses; that is, they encamped under their standard as each person traveled with his own tribe and ancestral house.

Merari's descendants according to their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the descendants of Levi according to their ancestral house.

"Take a census of the descendants of Gershon according to their ancestral house and tribes.

The total according to their tribes and ancestral house numbered 2,630

The tribes and ancestral house of Merari were numbered

"Tell the Israelis to take a rod one from each ancestral house, that is, one from every leader, for a total of twelve rods. Write each tribal name on his rod.

Balaam responded to Balak's entourage by saying, "Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I won't double-cross the command of the LORD my God in even the slightest way.

"When a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or pledges herself to an obligation while she still lives in her father's house,

If, while she had been living in her late or former husband's house, she makes a vow or a promise that binds her with an oath,

These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning a man and his wife and concerning a father and his young daughter while she still lives in her father's house.