14 “Issachar(A) is a rawboned[a] donkey
    lying down among the sheep pens.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:14 Or strong
  2. Genesis 49:14 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

32 from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do(A)—200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;

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18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.”(A) So she named him Issachar.[a](B)

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  1. Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.

18 About Zebulun(A) he said:

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
    and you, Issachar,(B) in your tents.

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Tola

10 After the time of Abimelek,(A) a man of Issachar(B) named Tola son of Puah,(C) the son of Dodo, rose to save(D) Israel. He lived in Shamir,(E) in the hill country of Ephraim.

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15 The princes of Issachar(A) were with Deborah;(B)
    yes, Issachar was with Barak,(C)
    sent under his command into the valley.
In the districts of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.
16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens[a](D)
    to hear the whistling for the flocks?(E)
In the districts of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

Allotment for Issachar

17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar(A) according to its clans. 18 Their territory included:

Jezreel,(B) Kesulloth, Shunem,(C) 19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, 20 Rabbith, Kishion,(D) Ebez, 21 Remeth, En Gannim,(E) En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. 22 The boundary touched Tabor,(F) Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh,(G) and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.

23 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar,(H) according to its clans.(I)

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