Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;

The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar.

On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering.

and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the Issachar tribe,

Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so You should tell me, ‘Carry them at your breast, as a nursing woman carries a baby,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

‘Since the Lord wasn’t able to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

will ever see the land I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have despised Me will see it.

I swear that none of you will enter the land I promised to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

I, Yahweh, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against Me. They will come to an end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

Edom will become a possession;
Seir will become a possession of its enemies,
but Israel will be triumphant.

The name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal head of an ancestral house in Midian.

the Zerahite clan from Zerah;
the Shaulite clan from Shaul.

Judah’s descendants by their clans:
the Shelanite clan from Shelah;
the Perezite clan from Perez;
the Zerahite clan from Zerah.

And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.

“Command the Israelites and say to them: Be sure to present to Me at its appointed time My offering and My food as My fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Me.

Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath:

‘Because they did not follow Me completely, none of the men 20 years old or more who came up from Egypt will see the land I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.