Genesis 49:10

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,—Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:

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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

9A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son hast thou come up! He hath stooped—hath crouched As a lion—or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him?

11Binding, to the vine, his ass, And to the choice vine his ass’s colt, He hath washed in wine his raiment, And in the blood of grapes, his mantle:

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Cross References

Numbers 21:18A well!—princes digged it, Nobles of the people, delved it, With a sceptre, With their staves. And, from the desert, to Mattanah;

Numbers 24:19Yea One wieldeth dominion out of Jacob,—Who hath destroyed the remnant out of the fortress.

2 Samuel 7:13He, shall build a house for my name,—and I will establish his kingly throne unto times age-abiding:

1 Chronicles 12:24Sons of Judah, bearers of shield and spear, six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

Psalms 2:6Yet, I, have installed my king,—on Zion my holy mountain.

Psalms 60:9Who will conduct me to a 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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