Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram,

And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

In those days Mary started with haste for the hill-country, for a town of Judah;

the son of Aminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

for it is evident that our Lord sprang from Judah, and Moses never mentioned priesthood in connexion with that tribe.

Whereas God does find fault with the people of that covenant, when he says: The day is coming, saith the Lord, when I will conclude a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be on the lines of the covenant I made with their fathers,

but one of the Presbyters told me, "Weep not; lo, the Lion of Judah's tribe, the Scion of David, he has won the power of opening the scroll and its seven seals."

twelve thousand sealed from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben,