“Issachar is like a donkey who has worked too hard. He will lie down after carrying a heavy load.
Psalm 68:13 - Easy To Read Version They will get the dove wings\par covered with silver.\par They will get the wings\par sparkling with gold.”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove Covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though you [the slackers] may lie among the sheepfolds [in slothful ease, yet for Israel] the wings of a dove are covered with silver, its pinions excessively green with gold [are trophies taken from the enemy]. American Standard Version (1901) When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold. Common English Bible Even if you lie down among the sheepfolds, there are wings of a dove covered with silver; its pinions covered in precious gold.” Catholic Public Domain Version Those who sat at the gate spoke against me, and those who drank wine made me their song. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song. |
“Issachar is like a donkey who has worked too hard. He will lie down after carrying a heavy load.
Then the people ran out to the Aramean camp and took valuable things from there. {There was plenty of things for everyone.} So it happened just like the Lord said. A person could buy a basket [85] of fine flour or two baskets [86] of barley for only one shekel. [87]
Then God took his people out of Egypt.\par They brought gold and silver with them.\par None of God’s people stumbled and fell.\par
The Lord is happy with his people.\par God did a wonderful thing for his humble people.\par He saved them!\par
Don’t let those wild animals take your dove!\par Don’t forget your poor people forever.\par
God says,\par “I took the load from your shoulder.\par I let you drop the worker’s basket.\par
The Egyptians made life hard for the Israelites. They forced the Israelites to work very hard making bricks and mortar. They also forced them to work hard in the fields. They forced them to work very hard in everything they did.
Then divide those things between the soldiers that went to war and the rest of the people of Israel.
The son was so hungry that he wanted to eat the food that the pigs were eating. But no person gave him anything.
But the father said to his servants, ‘Hurry! Bring the best clothes and dress him. Also, put a ring on his finger and good shoes on his feet.
You remember the lives you lived before you were believers. You let yourselves be influenced and led away \{to worship\} idols {\cf2\super [81]} —things that have no life.
Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
But during the fight, the five kings ran away. They hid in a cave near Makkedah.
So why did you sit there against the walls of your sheep pens? [47] The brave soldiers of Reuben thought hard about war. But they stayed home listening to the music they played for their sheep.
The kings of Canaan came to fight, but they didn’t carry any treasures home! They fought at the city of Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo.