Genesis 49:8-12

8 Judah, ayour brothers shall praise you;
byour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
cyour father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9Judah is da lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
eHe stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10The fscepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff gfrom between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;
By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum)  until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh

and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12His ieyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.

Judges 1:1-7

The Continuing Conquest of Canaan

1After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel jinquired of the Lord, kWho shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” 2The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” 3And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites. lAnd I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you.” So Simeon went with him. 4Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated 10,000 of them at Bezek. 5They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. 7And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off mused to pick up scraps under my table. nAs I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Psalms 78:68

68but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he oloves.

Psalms 78:70

70He pchose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;

Micah 5:2

2
Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
rBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of sJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be truler in Israel,
uwhose coming forth is vfrom of old,
from ancient days.

Malachi 3:1

1 wBehold, I send xmy messenger, and yhe will prepare the way before me. And the Lord zwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and aathe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Hebrews 7:14

14For it is evident that our Lord was descended abfrom Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

Copyright information for ESV