Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.
Parallel translations
- WEB By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
- KJV And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
- NKJV by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar shall have one section;
- NASB Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
- NLT Next is the territory of Issachar with the same eastern and western boundaries.
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Quick answer
Issachar receives one portion bordering Simeon. God's allotment continues in orderly fashion.
Overview
Issachar takes the next east-to-west band in the southern tribal allocation. The repeated, even pattern stresses that the renewed nation is shaped entirely by the Lord's design, not by ambition or conflict. It pictures the peace and equity of the kingdom God establishes among his redeemed people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Josh 19:17–23The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:
- Gen 30:14–18Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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