Genesis 49:10

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.

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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

9Like a lion's whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up?

11He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vine-branch his ass's colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes;

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Cross References

Numbers 21:18Well, which the princes have dug, which the nobles of the people have hollowed out with the sceptre, with their staves;— and from the wilderness to Mattanah;

Numbers 24:19And there shall rule the one from Jacob, and he shall destroy whatever escapeth out of the city.

2 Samuel 7:13He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

1 Chronicles 12:24The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed for the host.

Psalms 2:6[Saying,] Yet have I appointed my king upon Zion my holy mount.

Psalms 60:9(60:11) Who will bring me into the fortified city? who will lead me as far as 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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