These are the families (clans) of Judah according to those who were numbered, 76,500.
¶“Judah, you are the one whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came [David] the leader [and eventually the Messiah], yet the birthright was Joseph’s— [Gen 49:10; Mic 5:2]
May the Lord give you [great] increase, You and your children.
The sons of Perez: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
For it is evident that our Lord descended from [the tribe of] Judah, and Moses mentioned nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.