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Genesis 49:10

The patriarch Jacob had twelve sons, and God had to choose from which tribe His Son would descend. He proclaims His choice through Jacob's prophecy in Genesis 49:10: "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people." Jesus of Nazareth was a Jew, as many scriptures record (Matthew 1:2; Luke 3:33; Hebrews 7:14, etc.).

This fact also has spiritual implications for us. Jesus says to the woman at the well, "For salvation is of the Jews" (John 4:22). Paul explains what this means:

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. (Romans 2:28-29)

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Born of a Woman

Related Topics: Circumcised in the Mind | Circumcision | Circumcision of the Heart | Circumcision, Spiritual | Circumcision, Symbolism Behind | Jacob | Jacob's Descendants | Jacob's Offspring | Jesus Christ's Birth, Prophecy of | Jew | Jew, Spiritual | Judah | Salvation | Salvation is of the Jews | Scepter Promise | Scepter shall not depart from Judah | Shiloh | Spiritual Jew

Genesis 49:8-12

About Judah, Jacob asserts, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes." Judah was to remain the princely tribe indefinitely.

Charles Whitaker
Searching for Israel (Part Two): Blessings in Faith

Related Topics: Judah

Other commentary entries containing this verse:

Genesis 38:27-30
Genesis 49:10
Genesis 49:22-26
Numbers 24:17-19
Deuteronomy 33:13-17
2 Samuel 7:11-16
1 Kings 11:11-13
1 Chronicles 29:23
John 7:41-52
Revelation 19:16

Library resources that contain this verse:

Articles
Born of a Woman
Globalism (Part Seven): The Countertide Rolls In
Is the Christian Required To Do Works? (Part Five)
Israel: Past
Recognizing the Second Witness
Searching for Israel (Part Five): Solomon and the Divided Kingdom  (2)
Searching for Israel (Part Four): The Kingdom and the Key  (3)
Searching for Israel (Part Nine): The Migration of a Monarchy  (2)
Searching for Israel (Part Ten): Clues and Answers  (2)
The Buck Stops Here
The Buck Stops Here
The Prophecies of Balaam (Part Two)
Bible Questions & Answers
Was Jesus a Jew (Matthew 1:1-16)?
Bible Studies
Ancient Israel: Why God's 'Chosen People'?
Sermon Transcripts
Christ Our Peace
Faith and the Calendar (Part 1)  (2)
Faith, Government, and the Calendar (Part 4)
Faith, Hope, and the Worship of God (Part 3)
John (Part 4)
Preparing To Be King
Until Shiloh Comes  (3)
Where Is the Beast? (Part 11)

 

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