Genesis 49:10

Judah will always hold the scepter, and the staff of authority will always be at his feet until Shiloh comes; the nations will obey him.

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In The King James Version

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

In Context

9My son Judah is a young lion coming back from eating its prey. He crouches and lies down like a lion. Like a lion, who would dare to disturb him?

11He ties his donkey to the vine, his donkey's colt to the best vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the red juice of grapes.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:18The tribal chiefs dug the well; yes the leaders of the people dug the well with their rods of authority and their walking sticks.” The Israelites left the desert and carried on to Mattanah.

Numbers 24:19A ruler from Jacob will come and destroy those left in the city.”

2 Samuel 7:13He will be the one to build me a house, and I will make sure his kingdom lasts forever.

1 Chronicles 12:24From the tribe of Judah, 6,800 warriors carrying shields and spears.

Psalms 2:6“It is I who placed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

Psalms 60:9Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me into Edom?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:9-13

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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