Joshua 19:17

The Allotment of Issachar

17 The fourth allotment {fell} for Issachar, for the descendants of Issachar, according to their families.

Joshua 19:17 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:17

[And] the fourth lot came out to Issachar
The fourth of the seven drawn at Shiloh:

for the children of Issachar, according to their families:
among whom the inheritance that came to them by the lot was divided, according to the number of them.

Joshua 19:17 In-Context

15 Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities and their villages.

16 This [is] the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun according to their families, these cities and their villages.

17 The fourth allotment {fell} for Issachar, for the descendants of Issachar, according to their families.

18 Their border went to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "came out"
• [b] Or "sons"