Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

Birthright was

Bible References

The chief ruler

2 Samuel 8:15
And David reigned over all Israel and executed right and justice unto all his people.
Psalm 78:68
but chose the tribe of Judah, even the hill of Zion which he loved.
Jeremiah 23:5
"Behold, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I will raise up the righteous Branch of David, which shall bear rule, and discuss matters with wisdom, and shall set up equity and righteousness again in the earth.
Micah 5:2
And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art little among the thousands of Judah: Out of thee shall come one, unto me, which shall be the governour in Israel: whose outgoing hath been from the beginning, and from everlasting.
Matthew 2:6
'And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Jewry, art not the least concerning the Princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come the captain, that shall govern my people Israel.'"
Hebrews 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord sprung of the tribe of Judah, of which tribe spake Moses nothing concerning priesthood.

Birthright was

Genesis 49:26
The blessings of thy father were strong: even as the blessings of my elders, after the desire of the highest in the world. And these blessings shall fall on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
Romans 8:29
For those which he knew before, he also ordained before, that they should be like fashioned unto the shape of his son, that he might be the first begotten son among many brethren.

General references

Numbers 1:26
Among the children of Judah, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - by the number of names, from twenty years and above, all that were able to war -
Numbers 26:22
These are the kindreds of Judah, in number seventy six thousand and five hundred.
Deuteronomy 21:16
if the firstborn be the son of the hated: then when he dealeth his goods among his children, he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated which is indeed the firstborn: