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Jude , the servant of Jesus Christ , and brother of James , to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

And who are you, Achior, and the hirelings of Ephraim , that you have prophesied among us as today, and have said, that we should not make war with the race of Israel , because their God will defend them? And who is God but Nebuchadnezzar?

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

and to those among the nations that were of Carmel and Gilead , and to the higher Galilee and the great plain of Esdraelon,

This people are descended of the Chaldeans:

For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their spears, but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell, for it is not easy to come up to the tops of their mountains.

And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah , who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

which were in those days Ozias the son of Micah , of the tribe of Simeon , and Chabris the son of Gothoniel, and Charmis the son of Melchiel.

Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah , to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah , and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ?

To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem , and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

until you come above Tanis and Memphis , and to all that lived in Egypt , until you come to the borders of Ethiopia .

We are talking about our Lord Christ , who belonged to a different tribe. No one from that tribe ever served as a priest at the altar. It is clear that Christ came from the tribe of Judah . And Moses said nothing about priests belonging to that tribe.

And Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians sent to all that lived in Persia , and to all that lived westward, to those that lived in Cilicia and Damascus and Libanus and Antilibanus, and to all that lived over against the sea coast,

You⌃ shall stand at the gate this night, and I will go forth with my maid: and, within the days after which you⌃ said that you⌃ would deliver the city to our enemies, the Lord shall visit Israel by my hand.

and viewed the ascents to their city, and searched out the fountains of the waters, and seized upon them, and set garrisons of men of war over them, and himself departed to his people.

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

And he came towards Esdraelon near to Dotaea, which is over against the great ridge of Judaea.

And he said unto the men of Succoth , Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian .

And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.

charging them to seize upon the ascents of the hill country; because by them was the entrance into Judaea, and it was easy to stop them from approaching, inasmuch as the approach was narrow, with space for two men at the most.