Judges 1:2
Good News Translation
The LORD answered, "The tribe of Judah will go first. I am giving them control of the land."

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. I hereby give the land into his hand.”

Contemporary English Version
"Judah!" the LORD answered. "I'll help them take the land."

New American Bible
The LORD answered: Judah shall attack: I have delivered the land into his power.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands.

Genesis 49:8-10 Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hand shall be on the necks of thy enemies; the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee. . . .

Numbers 2:3 On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army: and the prince of his sons; shall be Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

Numbers 7:12 The first day Nahasson the son of Aminadab of the tribe of Juda offered his offering:

Psalm 78:68-70 But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved. . . .

Hebrews 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprung out of Juda: in which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

Revelation 5:5 And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Revelation 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened: and behold a white horse. And he that sat upon him was called faithful and true: and with justice doth he judge and fight. . . .

Context
Conquest of Canaan Proceeds
1After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel consulted the Lord, saying: Who shall go up before us against the Chanaanite, and shall be the leader of the war? 2And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands.3And Juda said to Simeon, his brother: Come up with me into my lot, and fight against the Chanaanite, that I also may go along with thee into thy lot. And Simeon went with him.…
Cross References
Genesis 49:8
Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hand shall be on the necks of thy enemies; the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee.

Judges 1:3
And Juda said to Simeon, his brother: Come up with me into my lot, and fight against the Chanaanite, that I also may go along with thee into thy lot. And Simeon went with him.

Judges 1:1
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