And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Issachar [is] a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Issachar, [were] fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
And those that do pitch next unto him [shall be] the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar [shall be] captain of the children of Issachar.
On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar [was] Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
[Of] the sons of Issachar after their families: [of] Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
These [are] the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
Southward [it was] Ephraim's, and northward [it was] Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, [even] three countries.
[And] the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
And the children of Gershon [had] by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
And the princes of Issachar [were] with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great thoughts of heart.
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
Now the sons of Issachar [were], Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar [were] valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their commandment.
Moreover they that were nigh them, [even] unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, [and] meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for [there was] joy in Israel.
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
Of Judah, Elihu, [one] of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a [portion].
And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a [portion].
And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
Of the tribe of Simeon [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar [were] sealed twelve thousand.
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