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Reuben Archer Torrey
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Descended from Jacob's fifth son.
Gen. 30:17,18
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And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
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And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. (Genesis 30:17‑18)
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Predictions respecting.
Gen. 49:14,15
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Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
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And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. (Genesis 49:14‑15)
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Deut. 33:18,19
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And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
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They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. (Deuteronomy 33:18‑19)
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PERSONS SELECTED FROM,
To number the people.
Num. 1:8
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Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. (Numbers 1:8)
. To spy out the land.
Num. 13:7
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Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. (Numbers 13:7)
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To divide the land.
Num. 34:26
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. (Numbers 34:26)
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Strength of, on leaving Egypt.
Num. 1:28,29
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Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. (Numbers 1:28‑29)
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Num. 2:6
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And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. (Numbers 2:6)
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Encamped under the standard of Judah east of the tabernacle.
Num. 2:5
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And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. (Numbers 2:5)
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Next to and under standard of Judah in the journeys of Israel.
Num. 10:14,15
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In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. (Numbers 10:14‑15)
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Offering of, at the dedication.
Num. 7:18-23
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On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
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He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
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One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
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One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
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One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. (Numbers 7:18‑23)
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Families of.
Num. 26:23,24
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Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
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Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. (Numbers 26:23‑24)
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Strength of on entering Canaan.
Num. 26:25
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These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. (Numbers 26:25)
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On Gerizim said amen to the blessings.
Deut. 27:12
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These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: (Deuteronomy 27:12)
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Bounds of their inheritance.
Josh. 19:17-23
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And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
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And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
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And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
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And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
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And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
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And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. (Joshua 19:17‑23)
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Assisted Deborah against Sisera.
Judg. 5:15
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And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. (Judges 5:15)
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Officers of, appointed by David.
1 Chron. 27:18
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Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: (1 Chronicles 27:18)
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Officers of, appointed by Solomon. 1 Kin. 4:17.
Some of, at David's coronation.
1 Chron. 12:32
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And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. (1 Chronicles 12:32)
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Number of warriors belonging to, in David's time.
1 Chron. 7:2, 5
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And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. (1 Chronicles 7:2)
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And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. (1 Chronicles 7:5)
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Many of, at Hezekiah's passover.
2 Chr. 30:18
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For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one (2 Chronicles 30:18)
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Remarkable persons of.
Judg. 10:1
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And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. (Judges 10:1)
. 1 Kin. 15:27.
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