The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their clans.
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their clans, these towns with their villages.
Now their territory was to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,
Next to the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, will be Issachar’s one.
Leah’s sons were Jacob’s firstborn Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
Issachar is a strong-boned donkey, lying down between two saddlebags.
Certainly the land is to be divided by lot. They will inherit it according to the names of their ancestral tribes.
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
12,000 from the tribe of Simeon; 12,000 from the tribe of Levi; 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar;