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The House of Joseph (or simply, Joseph) is the term for the collective descendants of Joseph, the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. In the vast majority of places in the Bible, Ephraim and Manasseh are considered their own seperate tribes; inconsistent with the other tribes which are each...
The Tribe of Joseph is one of the Tribes of Israel in biblical tradition. Since the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (often called the "two half-tribes of Joseph") together traditionally constituted the "tribe of Joseph", it was often not listed as one of the tribes, in favour of Ephraim and Manasseh being listed in its place; consequently it was ...
NIV Comment: House of Joseph – a common way of referring to the northern tribes: 1 Kings 5:13 informs us that Solomon conscripted labourers “from all Israel” to build the Temple. In 1 Kings 11:28: Solomon put Jeroboam “in charge of the whole labour force of the house of Joseph.”
Verse 18 tells us, "The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame." "The house of Jacob" may refer particularly to Judah, and "the house of Joseph" would then refer to the rest of the nations of Israel, led by the Joseph tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh.
It seems the title "house of Joseph" here is meant to refer to Ephraim, specifically, since Manasseh is addressed individually later in the passage (Judges 1:27). Ephraim launches an attack against the Canaanites living in the city at Bethel, a place the Canaanites called Luz.
The House of Joseph (sometimes referred to as the Tribe of Joseph) is a designation which members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) apply to the ancient "birthright" tribe of the house of Israel as it is described in the Old Testament, made up of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.
AP English Language and Composition 2018 FRQ 1 Sample Student Responses - Scored with the 2020 Rubrics. On the outer limits of just governance and the preservation of private liberty lies the issue of eminent domain.
