The dying patriarch Jacob prophesied about this future ruler, saying: “The scepter will not turn aside from Judah, neither the commander’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him the obedience of the peoples will belong. ” ​ — Genesis 49: 10.
होय, शिलोला राजवेत्र अर्थात शासन करण्याचा अधिकार आणि राजदंड अर्थात नेतृत्व करण्याकरता सत्ता प्राप्त होईल.