Thematic Bible: The tribe of issachar


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The fourth lot fell to Issachar, to its people according to their families. Their territory included: Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, read more.
Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez. The boundary reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

The land to the south was Ephraim's and that to the north was Manasseh's, and the sea was the boundary; on the north Asher was reached, and on the east Issachar. Also Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher [these six towns], their inhabitants and their villages: Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor, Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo.

Those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall lead the sons of Judah, Verse ConceptseastFlagsPeople Of Judah

Next to Judah [on the east side] the tribe of Issachar shall encamp; and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall lead the sons of Issachar,

In the first place went the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah by their companies; and over their host was Nahshon son of Amminadab. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel son of Zuar.

Of the sons of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: Those of the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

and his army as numbered totaled 54,400. Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousanddivision

Also those who were [living] near them [from] as far as [the tribes of] Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen, abundant supplies of flour, cakes of figs and raisins, wine, [olive] oil, oxen, and sheep, for there was joy in Israel. Verse ConceptsMulesFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsOilSheepWine

Of the tribe of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, two hundred chiefs; and all their relatives were at their command; Verse ConceptsEducation, Examples OfGiving, Of TimeDiscernment, Nature OfSigns Of The TimesThe Number Two HundredGod's TimingGods Timing

And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your interests abroad, and you, Issachar, in your tents [at home]. They shall call the people unto Mount [Carmel]; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall suck the abundance of the seas and the treasures hid in the sand.

For the majority of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, and yet they ate the Passover contrary to what had been prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness Of

These are the families (clans) of Issachar according to those who were numbered, 64,300. Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand


“And the heads of Issachar came with Deborah;
As Issachar, so was Barak;
Into the valley they rushed at his heels;
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.
Verse ConceptsPrincesRank

The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were courageous men in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600. Verse ConceptsGenealogiesTwenty Thousand And Up

Their relatives among all the families of Issachar, courageous men, registered by genealogies, were 87,000 in all. Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house (tribe) of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. Verse ConceptsConspiraciesKilling KingsThe Nations Attacked

After Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. Verse ConceptsDefenseRescueTribes Of Israelgrandfathers

and his army as numbered totaled 54,400. Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousanddivision

Of the sons of Issachar, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

of Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;

For the majority of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, and yet they ate the Passover contrary to what had been prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness Of

Of the tribe of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, two hundred chiefs; and all their relatives were at their command; Verse ConceptsEducation, Examples OfGiving, Of TimeDiscernment, Nature OfSigns Of The TimesThe Number Two HundredGod's TimingGods Timing

In the first place went the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah by their companies; and over their host was Nahshon son of Amminadab. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel son of Zuar.

And God heeded Leah's [prayer], and she conceived and bore Jacob [her] fifth son. Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar [hired].

Issachar is a strong-boned donkey crouching down between the sheepfolds. And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor].

The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

The second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader [of the tribe] of Issachar, offered. He gave for his offering one silver platter, the weight of which was 130 shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; read more.
One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; One male goat for a sin offering; And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

The fourth lot fell to Issachar, to its people according to their families. Their territory included: Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, read more.
Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez. The boundary reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

from the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan;

These are the families (clans) of Issachar according to those who were numbered, 64,300. Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in [the tribe of] Issachar;

from [the tribe of] Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;

Next to Judah [on the east side] the tribe of Issachar shall encamp; and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall lead the sons of Issachar,


“And the heads of Issachar came with Deborah;
As Issachar, so was Barak;
Into the valley they rushed at his heels;
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.
Verse ConceptsPrincesRank