Joshua 19:17

Allotment for Issachar

17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans.

Joshua 19:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
ESV
17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the people of Issachar, according to their clans.
NLT
17 The fourth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Issachar.
MSG
17 The fourth lot went to Issachar, clan by clan.
CSB
17 The fourth lot came out for the tribe of Issachar's descendants by their clans.

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 Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.
16 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.
17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans.
18 Their territory included: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,
19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 30:18
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