Thematic Bible: Tribe of zebulun


Thematic Bible



And from there it goes on east to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; ending at Rimmon which goes as far as Neah;


And their limit goes up to the west to Maralah, stretching to Dabbesheth, and to the stream in front of Jokneam;


For a great number of the people from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not made themselves clean, but they took the Passover meal, though not in the right way. For Hezekiah had made prayer for them, saying, May the good Lord have mercy on everyone

So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of. However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.


The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.

And of Zebulun he said, Be glad, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents. They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.


First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.

And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.


In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali: So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true, The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,


Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.

After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief.


Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.

Then Barak sent for Zebulun and Naphtali to come to Kedesh; and ten thousand men went up after him, and Deborah went up with him.


Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah, the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jerimoth, the son of Azriel;


Of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand men, who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight, to give help with all sorts of arms; true-hearted men.


And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.


And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son. And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.


The sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. These are the families of the Zebulunites as they were numbered, sixty thousand, five hundred.


And after him, Elon the Zebulonite was judge of Israel; and he was judge of Israel for ten years. And Elon the Zebulonite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.


On the third day Eliab, the son of Helon, chief of the children of Zebulun: His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering; One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice; read more.
One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering; One male of the goats for a sin-offering; And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab, the son of Helon.


The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.


And the third heritage came out for Zebulun by their families; the limit of their heritage was as far as Sarid; And their limit goes up to the west to Maralah, stretching to Dabbesheth, and to the stream in front of Jokneam; Then turning east from Sarid to the limit of Chisloth-tabor, it goes out to Daberath, and up to Japhia; read more.
And from there it goes on east to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; ending at Rimmon which goes as far as Neah; And the line goes round it on the north to Hannathon, ending at the valley of Iphtah-el; And Kattath and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Beth-lehem; twelve towns with their unwalled places. This is the heritage of the children of Zebulun by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.


Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.


And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.


The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.


These are the families of the Zebulunites as they were numbered, sixty thousand, five hundred.


From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;


Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.


And he sent through all Manasseh, and they came after him; and he sent to Asher and Zebulun and Naphtali, and they came up and were joined to the others.


Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain