Genesis 49:14
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14 “Issachar is a sturdy donkey,
resting between two saddlepacks.[a]
Footnotes
- 49:14 Or sheepfolds, or hearths.
1 Chronicles 12:32
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32 From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take.
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Genesis 30:18
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18 She named him Issachar,[a] for she said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife.”
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- 30:18 Issachar sounds like a Hebrew term that means “reward.”
Deuteronomy 33:18
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18 Moses said this about the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar[a]:
“May the people of Zebulun prosper in their travels.
May the people of Issachar prosper at home in their tents.
Footnotes
- 33:18 Hebrew lacks and Issachar.
Judges 10:1
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Tola Becomes Israel’s Judge
10 After Abimelech died, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, was the next person to rescue Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar but lived in the town of Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 5:15-16
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15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah and Barak.
They followed Barak, rushing into the valley.
But in the tribe of Reuben
there was great indecision.[a]
16 Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds—
to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks?
Yes, in the tribe of Reuben
there was great indecision.
Footnotes
- 5:15 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version, which read searchings of heart; Masoretic Text reads resolve of heart.
Joshua 19:17-23
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The Land Given to Issachar
17 The fourth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Issachar.
18 Its boundaries included the following towns: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, 19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, 20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, 21 Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez. 22 The boundary also touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, ending at the Jordan River—sixteen towns with their surrounding villages.
23 The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Issachar included these towns and their surrounding villages.
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