These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500.
Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father’s sons will bow down before you.
Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)
May he increase your numbers, yours and your children’s!
And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.