The Tribe of Judah is a tribe made up of the descendants of Judah (son of Jacob), the fourth of Jacob's sons. It was the main dynasty of the Kingdom of Israel, and Jesus Christ, the Messiah, came from this tribe. [See Twelve Tribes of Israel] ## Blessings and Prophecies for the Tribe of Judah Jacob specifically blessed the Tribe of Judah further and prophesied about Jesus Christ, the coming Savior.
Genesis 49:8Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?Genesis 49:9The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.Genesis 49:10Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.Genesis 49:11His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk. Genesis 49:12“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
모세는 다음과 같이 예언했다.
Deuteronomy 33:7About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
Joshua 15:1Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;Joshua 15:2and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka;Joshua 15:3and it passed along to Azmon, went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.Joshua 15:4The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan). The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan.Joshua 15:5The border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.Joshua 15:6The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that faces the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.Joshua 15:7The border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem) southward; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the farthest part of the valley of Rephaim northward.Joshua 15:8The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (also called Kiriath Jearim);Joshua 15:9and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim (also called Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;Joshua 15:10and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.Joshua 15:11The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.Joshua 15:12He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
유다 지파의 땅이 너무 넓었기에, 그 부분을 시므온 지파에게 나눠줬는데,
Joshua 19:1They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,Joshua 19:2Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,Joshua 19:3Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,Joshua 19:4Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,Joshua 19:5Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages;Joshua 19:6Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;Joshua 19:7and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.Joshua 19:8Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the middle of their inheritance.Joshua 19:9The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance was to Sarid.