The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

The Artisans Called by God

And Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

From the children of Judah, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah.”

“All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Judah, one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred—these shall break camp first.

And the one who offered his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah.

The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their armies; over their army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them: seventy-six thousand five hundred.

These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin;

And this he said of Judah: “Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people; Let his hands be sufficient for him, And may You be a help against his enemies.”

all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,

Defeat at Ai

But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the Lord burned against the children of Israel.

So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

He brought the clan of Judah, and he took the family of the Zarhites; and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man, and Zabdi was taken.

Then he brought his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.