Genesis 49:10

The shevet (sceptre) shall not depart from Yehudah, 1 nor a Mekhokek (Lawgiver) from between his raglayim, 1 until Shiloh come; 1 and unto him shall be the obedience of the amim (peoples, nations). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

9Yehudah is the cub of an aryeh (lion); 1 from the prey, beni (my son), thou hast gone up; 1 he stooped down, he couched like an aryeh, 1 and like a lioness; who shall rouse him? 1

11He ties his foal unto the gefen (vine), 1 and his donkeyʼs colt unto the choice vine; 1 he will wash his levush (garments) in yayin, 1 and his robe in the dahm anavim (blood of grapes); 1

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Cross References

Numbers 21:18The sarim (princes) dug the well, 1 the nobles of the people dug it, 1 by the direction of the Mekhokek (Lawgiver), with their rods. And from the midbar they went to Mattanah;

Numbers 24:19Out of Ya'akov shall come he that shall have dominion, 1 and shall destroy him that remaineth of the Ir.

2 Samuel 7:13He shall build a Bais for My Shem, and I will establish the kisse (throne) of his Mamlachah ad olam.

1 Chronicles 12:24And these are the numbers of the leaders that were ready-armed for the army, and came to Dovid to Chevron, to turn over the Malchut Sha'ul to him, according to the word of Hashem.

Psalms 2:6I have set Malki (My King) 1 upon Tziyon, My Har Kodesh. 1

Psalms 60:9Gil'ad is Mine, and Menasheh is Mine; 1 Ephrayim also is the ma'oz of Mine Rosh; 1 Yehudah is My Mekhokek (prescriber of laws, lawgiver). + 60:9 See Gn 49:10; Isa 42:4 on Moshiachʼs torah 1

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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