These were the clans of Judah, of whom there were enrolled seventy-six thousand five hundred.
“You, Judah, shall your brothers praise —your hand on the neck of your enemies; the sons of your father shall bow down to you.
Judah, in fact, became powerful among his brothers, so that the ruler came from him, though the birthright had been Joseph’s.)
May the Lord increase your number, yours and your descendants.
The descendants of Perez were: through Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; through Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.
It is clear that our Lord arose from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.