Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.
“Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between two burdens;
Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her feathers with yellow gold.”
I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, And my spirit makes diligent search.
Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what has proceeded out of your mouth.”
And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here?
For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus.
whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As Issachar, so was Barak Sent into the valley under his command; Among the divisions of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.