The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance was to Sarid. Their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth. It reached to the brook that is before Jokneam. It turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth Tabor. It went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia. From there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah. The border turned around it on the north to Hannathon; and it ended at the valley of Iphtah El; Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
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The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance was to Sarid.
Their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth. It reached to the brook that is before Jokneam.
It turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth Tabor. It went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.
From there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah.
The border turned around it on the north to Hannathon; and it ended at the valley of Iphtah El;
Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
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And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
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And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid.
And their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam.
And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia.
And from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon-methoar unto Neah.
And the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtahel;
and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem; twelve cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Cross-references (21)
- Joshua 12:22 (v11) the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
- Joshua 11:1 (v15) When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
- Genesis 49:13 (v10) “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
- Deuteronomy 33:18-19 (v10) About Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents. They will call the peoples to the mountain. There…
- Joshua 12:20 (v15) the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
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- Joshua 18:6 (v10) You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.
- Joshua 18:11 (v10) The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children…
- Joshua 19:22 (v12) The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 21:28 (v12) Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
- Joshua 21:34-35 (v15) To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah…
- Judges 1:30 (v15) Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject…
- Judges 4:6 (v12) She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and…
- Judges 4:12 (v12) They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to Mount Tabor.
- Ruth 1:19 (v15) So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is…
- 2 Samuel 23:15 (v15) David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
- 1 Kings 4:12 (v11) Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel…
- 2 Kings 14:25 (v13) He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh, the God of Israel’s word, which…
- 1 Chronicles 6:68 (v11) Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth Horon with its pasture lands,
- 1 Chronicles 6:72 (v12) and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
- 2 Chronicles 11:6 (v15) He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- Psalms 89:12 (v12) You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On v10 10. And the third lot came up, etc In…
10. And the third lot came up, etc In the lot of Zebulun there is a clear fulfillment of the prophecy of Jacob, which had foretold that they would dwell on the sea-coast. An old man, an exile who could not set a foot on his own land, assigned a maritime district to the posterity of his son Zebulun. What could be more extravagant? But now, when the lot assigns them a maritime region, no clearer confirmation of his decision could be desired. It was just as if God were twice thundering from heaven. The tribe of Zebulun, therefore, do not occupy the shore of their own accord or by human suffrage, but a divine arrangement fixes their habitation contiguous to the sea. Thus, although men erred, still the light was always seen shining brightly in the darkness. Jacob goes farther, and makes a clear distinction between Zebulun and Issachar. The former tribe will travel far and wide, carrying on trade and commerce; the latter remaining in his tents, will cultivate ease and a sedentary life. (Genesis 49:13-15) Hence it is probable that the sea-coast where Zebulun settled, was provided with harbors and well adapted for the various forms of commercial intercourse, whereas the children of Issachar were contented with their own produce, and consumed the fruits which they had raised by their own labor and culture at home.
Those who are thought to be well acquainted with these countries, affirm that the land of the tribe of Asher was fertile in corn. This is in complete accordance both with the letter and the spirit of Jacob’s prophecy. (Genesis 49:20) From the fact that only a small number of cities are designated by name, we may infer that there were then many ruined cities which were not taken into account, and from the other fact that the people dwelt commodiously, we may also infer that they built many cities, with which it is plain from other passages that the land was adorned. And it is certainly apparent that only a summary of the division is briefly glanced at, and that thus many things were omitted which no religious feeling forbids us to investigate, provided we do not indulge in an excessive curiosity leading to no beneficial result. There cannot be a doubt that those to whom twenty or even only seventeen cities are attributed, had more extensive territories. Therefore, all we have here is a compendious description of the division as it was taken from the general and confused notes of the surveyors.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv11, 15 Meaning, toward the great Sea.
Meaning, toward the great Sea.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv12–13 Jos 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the…
Jos 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
Ver. 12. Chislothtabor.] A mountain in the lower Galilee, called by Josephus, Itabirion. Here it is commonly conceived that our Saviour was transfigured. And of this place Jerome, on Hos 5:1, writeth copiously and elegantly.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv10, 11, 12, 15 Zebulun is here put before Issachar, his elder brother,…
Zebulun is here put before Issachar, his elder brother, as he is also Gen 49:13,14; Deu 33:18.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v10 This is the lot of Zebulun, who, though born…
This is the lot of Zebulun, who, though born of Leah after Issachar, yet was blessed by Jacob and Moses before him; and therefore it was so ordered that his lot was drawn before that of Issachar, north of which it lay and south of Asher. 1. The lot of this tribe was washed by the great sea on the west, and by the sea of Tiberias on the east, answering Jacob's prophecy (Gen 49:13), Zebulun shall be a haven of ships, trading ships on the great sea and fishing ships on the sea of Galilee. 2. Though there were some places in this tribe which were made famous in the Old Testament, especially Mount Carmel, on which the famous trial was between God and Baal in Elijah's time, yet it was made much more illustrious in the New Testament; for within the lot of this tribe was Nazareth, where our blessed Saviour spent so much of his time on earth, and from which he was called Jesus of Nazareth, and Mount Tabor on which he was transfigured, and that coast of the sea of Galilee on which Christ preached so many sermons and wrought so many miracles.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv10–16 And their border went up toward the sea,.... Westward…
And their border went up toward the sea,.... Westward towards the Mediterranean sea, which fulfilled the prophecies of Jacob and Moses, that Zebulun should dwell by the sea, be an haven of ships, and take of the abundance of the seas, as in the places before referred to; and so Josephus says, the Zebulunites took the land unto the lake of Gennesaret, by or about Carmel and the sea:
and Maralah; which Jerom calls (g) the ascent of Zebulun; for from hence it went up from the sea, and reached to Dabbasheth; which Jerom calls Dasbath; the word signifies a hump that is on a camel's back, Isa 30:6; so called because when that is hurt by burdens it is cured with honey (h); it seems to denote some place or city at a point of land or promontory, that stood out towards the sea, as that of Carmel; or some city on the back of Carmel, resembling a camel's hump:
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and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; of Jokneam; see Gill on Jos 12:22; and this river was either the river Kishon, or Belus, sometimes called Pagida; from whence sand was taken to make glass of (k), and was near Carmel, as Jokneam was.
(g) De loc. Heb. fol. 90. K. (h) T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 154. 2. (k) Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19. & l. 36. c. 26.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv11, 15 Toward the sea - The lot of this tribe…
Toward the sea - The lot of this tribe was washed by the midland sea on the west, and by the sea of Tiberias on the east, answering Jacob's prophecy, Zebulun shall be an haven of ships; trading ships on the great sea, and fishing ships on the sea of Galilee. Before Jokneam - Supposed to be Kishon.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv13, 15 Verse 13. Gittah-hepher] The same as Gath-hepher, the birth-place…
Verse 13. Gittah-hepher] The same as Gath-hepher, the birth-place of the prophet Jonah.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv11, 15 Jos 19:11. Toward the sea — The lot of…
Jos 19:11. Toward the sea — The lot of this tribe was washed by the midland sea on the west, and by the sea of Tiberias on the east, answering Jacob’s prophecy, Zebulun shall be a haven of ships; trading ships on the great sea, and fishing ships on the sea of Galilee. Before Jokneam — Supposed to be Kishon.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv10, 13, 14, 15 Sarid, not yet identified, was evidently a leading topographical…
Sarid, not yet identified, was evidently a leading topographical point on the south frontier of Zebulun. The boundary passed westward until it touched the Kishon, near “Tell Kaimon” (Jos 12:22 note), and thence, turned northward, leaving Carmel, which belonged to Asher, on its west. The territory of Zebulun accordingly would not anywhere reach to the Mediterranean, though its eastern side abutted on the sea of Galilee, and gave the tribe those “outgoings” attributed to it in the Blessing of Moses (Deu 33:18). Daberath (Jos 19:12) is probably “Deburieh.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv11, 13, 15 From the sea. Hebrew, "towards the sea." Bonfrere asserts…
From the sea. Hebrew, "towards the sea." Bonfrere asserts that Zabulon did not extend quite to the shore of the Mediterranean, chap. xvii. 10. (Calmet) --- Torrent, near Sidon, which some call the river Belus or Papis. (Pliny, [Natural History?] v. 19.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v10 OF ZEBULUN. (Jos 19:10-16)
OF ZEBULUN. (Jos 19:10-16)
the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun--The boundaries of the possession assigned to them extended from the Lake of Chinnereth (Sea of Galilee) on the east, to the Mediterranean on the west. Although they do not seem at first to have touched on the western shore--a part of Manasseh running north into Asher (Jos 17:10) --they afterwards did, according to the prediction of Moses (Deu 33:19). The extent from north to south cannot be very exactly traced; the sites of many of the places through which the boundary line is drawn being unknown. Some of the cities were of note.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv10, 11, 12, 13, 15 ZEBULUN’S LOT, Jos_19:10-16.
ZEBULUN’S LOT, Jos_19:10-16.
10. Zebulun — “The four tribes of Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali obtain contiguous portions in the north of Palestine, as they were allied in birth, and as they marched through the desert. They formed, as it were, a state by themselves. A common sanctuary seems to have been intended for them in Mount Tabor.” — Stanley. As Zebulun preceded his elder brother Issachar in the blessing of the patriarch Jacob and the lawgiver Moses, so he precedes him in the allotment. [Jacob predicted that Zebulun should “dwell at the haven of seas,” (Gen_49:13,) and Josephus well explains that his “lot included the land which lay as far as the lake of Gennesaret, and that which belonged to Carmel and the sea.” It thus lay between two seas, and had, perhaps, fishermen on the Sea of Galilee, and merchants navigating the Mediterranean along with the Phenicians. Moses also said prophetically of this tribe, “They shall suck of the abundance of the seas and of treasures hid in the sand. Deu_30:19. These prophecies do not necessarily imply that Zebulun’s territory would border on these seas.
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10. The border… unto Sarid — This southern border of Zebulun, like the north border of Ephraim, (Jos_16:6,) seems to start from a central point in the line, and go first westward and then eastward. Jos_19:12. The position of Sarid was probably not far from Mount Tabor, but its site is unknown, and therefore the exact line of this border cannot now be traced.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv10–16 10–16. The Territory of the Tribe of Zebulun
10–16. The Territory of the Tribe of Zebulun
10. And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun] The tribe descended from the tenth of the sons of Jacob (Gen_30:19-20), and the sixth and last of the sons of Leah (Gen_35:23; Gen_46:14). During the journey from Egypt to Palestine, the tribe of Zebulun formed one of the first camp, with Judah and Issachar, also sons of Leah, marching under the standard of Judah. Its numbers at the census of Sinai were 57,000, surpassed only by Simeon, Dan, and Judah.
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the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid] A spot unknown, but believed to be somewhere inland, in the plain of Esdraelon, and west of Chisloth-tabor (= “the loins of Tabor”) (see Jos_19:12).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv10, 12, 13, 14, 15 (10) The third lot . . . for the…
THE BORDER OF ZEBULUN.
(10) The third lot . . . for the children of Zebulun . . . Sarid (Syriac, Asdod; LXX., Seddouk) should be apparently spelt with consonants s, D, D. It is identified as Tell Shadûd (sheet 8). From this point a line is drawn westward (past M’alûl, sheet 5) to Jokneam (Tell Keimûn, same sheet), a place at the south-east end of the Carmel ridge. This is the south boundary. We may note that it does not touch the sea, but leaves room for the territory of Asher to interpose (comp. Jos_17:10-11). Returning to Sarid, the boundary is next (Jos_19:12) drawn eastward to Chisloth-tabor (Iksâl, sheet 6), Daberath(Dabûrieh, sheet 6), Japhia (Yâfa, sheet 5), Gittah-hepher (El-Mesh-hed, sheet 6).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv10–16 Sarid. This seems to have been a middle point,…
Sarid. This seems to have been a middle point, from which the border is traced eastward and westward, as in Jos_16:6, and perhaps in ver. 32. But the LXX and other versions have a variety of readings here.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv10, 12, 14 The third casting of lots
The third casting of lots
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The third
number three in a list (See: Ordinal Numbers)
Sarid ... Maralah ... Dabbesheth ... Jokneam
These are the names of places. (See: How to Translate Names)
opposite Jokneam
"across from Jokneam"
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Zebulun
clan
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv10, 13, 15, 16 19:10-48 The five small remaining tribes received land on…
19:10-48 The five small remaining tribes received land on the edges of the Israelite territory and had little national influence.
19:10-23 The lands given to the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar were strategically located; the major international trading route from Egypt to Mesopotamia ran through their territories. When Israel was strong, this position brought prosperity. However, when Israel was weak, these tribes were vulnerable both to the armies of Egypt and to the successive Mesopotamian powers that fought for control of the ancient Near East.
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19:10-16 The tribe of Zebulun received land partly in the valley of Jezreel and partly in the hills of Lower Galilee.
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