These are the families of Judah according to their number, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.
though Judah became strong among his brothers and a prince was from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
May the Lord give you increase, you and your children!
And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.