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Armory
The Royal Tribe of Judah
"Judah, your brothers will praise you: you grip your enemies by the neck, your father's sons will do you homage. Judah is a lion's whelp; You stand over your prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, a mighty lion; who dare rouse him? The sceptre shall not pass from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute be brought him and the peoples render him obedience. He tethers his donkey to the vine, to its stock the foal of his she-donkey. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the blood of the grape. His eyes are darkened with wine and his teeth are white with milk." (Genesis 49:8-12)
Blazon of Arms: Gules four lions rampant armed and langued argent.
Jewel: Garnet
The Royal Tribe of Judah, the native tribe of David and the Royal Family, was the largest single tribe reckoned according to the number of fighting men. It may have comprised as much as one fifth of the total population of Israel. Judah was the basis of the only part of the United Kingdoms of Judah and Israel to remain loyal to the House of David after the schism under King Rehoboam. After its absorption of the Tribe of Simeon Judah occupied the whole land of Canaan to the south of Jerusalem. Every Jew alive today - other than Levites and Kohanim - is a descendant of the Royal Tribe of Judah, at least in the sense that it is no longer possible for any to trace their descent to any other tribe.
 REUBEN |
 SIMEON |
 LEVI |
 JUDAH |
 ZEBULUN |
 ISSACHAR |
 DAN |
 GAD |
 ASHER |
 NAPHTALI |
 JOSEPH |
 BENJAMIN |
Armorial designs by Michael Petek, copyright Michael Petek 2003
 HEBREW |
 ARABIC |