These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy-six thousand and five hundred.
“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.
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—
May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.
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 has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.