Joshua 19:17

17 The fourth lot came out for Is'sachar, for the tribe of Is'sachar, according to its 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 and Kattath, Nahal'al, Shimron, I'dalah, and Bethlehem--twelve cities with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Zeb'ulun, according to its families--these cities with their villages.
17 The fourth lot came out for Is'sachar, for the tribe of Is'sachar, according to its families.
18 Its territory included Jezreel, Chesul'loth, Shunem,
19 Haph'ara-im, Shion, Ana'harath,
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