Joshua 19:17

17 The fourth lot went out to Issachar, by his families; (The fourth lot went out to the sons of Issachar, by 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 and Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities, and the towns of those.
16 This is the heritage of the lineage of the sons of Zebulun, by their families, and the cities and towns of those. (This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, by their families, and their cities and towns.)
17 The fourth lot went out to Issachar, by his families; (The fourth lot went out to the sons of Issachar, by their families;)
18 and the heritage thereof was Jezreel (and its inheritance was Jezreel), and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19 and Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,
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