These were the clans of Judah; those numbered were 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 to you.
and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph)—
May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children.
The descendants of Perez were: through Hezron, the Hezronite clan; through Hamul, the Hamulite clan.
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.