Genesis 38:11

38:11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought, ¹  “I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” ²  So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

Genesis 38:26

38:26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more upright ³  than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He did not have sexual relations with her ⁴  again.

Genesis 46:12

46:12 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah

(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Numbers 26:20

26:20 And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

Numbers 26:1

A Second Census Required

26:1 ⁵ After the plague the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, ⁶ 

Numbers 4:21

The Service of the Gershonites

4:21 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

[38:11]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[38:11]  ² tn Heb “Otherwise he will die, also he, like his brothers.”

[38:26]  ³ tn Traditionally “more righteous”; cf. NCV, NRSV, NLT “more in the right.”

[38:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he did not add again to know her.” Here “know” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

[26:1]  ⁵ sn The breakdown of ch. 26 for outlining purposes will be essentially according to the tribes of Israel. The format and structure is similar to the first census, and so less comment is necessary here.

[26:1]  ⁶ tc The MT has also “saying.”