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Judges 1:2

“Judah is to go first,” the Lord replied. “I have handed the land over to them.”

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

In Context

1After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Which tribe from among us should go first and attack the Canaanites?”

3The men of Judah said to their relatives of the tribe of Simeon, “Come with us to the land that has been allotted to us, and fight together with us against the Canaanites. Then we'll do the same for you and your allotted land.” So the tribe of Simeon joined with them.

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Cross References

Numbers 2:3The tribal division of Judah is to camp under their flag on the east side. Their leader is Nahshon, son of Amminadab,

Joshua 2:24“The Lord has placed this land in our hands,” they assured him. “All the people who live there are scared to death of us!”

Judges 20:28Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, was the priest. The Israelites asked the Lord, “Should we go and fight against our relatives from Benjamin again, or not?” “Yes, go! Tomorrow I will hand them over to you,” the Lord replied.

Hebrews 7:14It's clear that our Lord is a descendant of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests coming from this tribe.

Revelation 19:11I saw heaven was opened. A white horse was standing there. Its rider was called Trustworthy and True. He is right when he judges, and he is right when he makes war.

Matthew Henry on Judges 1:2-9

Judges This is called the Hebrew Shepher Shophtim, the Book of Judges, which the Syriac and Arabic versions enlarge upon, and call it, The Book of the Judges of the Children of Israel; the judgments of that nation being peculiar, so were their judges, whose office differed vastly from that of the judges of other nations. The LXX. entitles it only Kritai, Judges. It is the history of the commonwealth of Israel, during the government of the judges from Othniel to Eli, so much of it as God saw fit to transmit to us.… Read the whole commentary →

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