Issachar And Zebulun Series

The Blessing OF Zebulun and Issachar.

"About Zebulun, he said: "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and you, Issachar, in your tents. They will summon peoples to the Mountain and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous; they will feast on the abundance of the seas, on the treasures hidden in the sand." (Deuteronomy 33:18-19)

Moreover, of Zebulun, he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and Issachar, in thy tents.

"They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall feast of the abundance of the seas and treasures hidden in the sand."

THE Chapter contains the Blessing wherewith Moses the Man of God, blessed the Children of Israel before his death. He had been a Father to them, even as if he had begotten and conceived them; He had carried them as in his bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, towards the land which God had sworn unto their fathers to give them: And now like Jacob, their natural Father, he dies, as he had lived, loving them, caring for them, praying for and Blessing of them. He had been their Governour and Commander in chief, and having had a Princely Education in the Court of Egypt and being highly accomplished by the spirit of wisdom, meekness, and courage for the Government of Israel, he was by the Divine Election constituted King in Jeshurun; as our Context has it: And now like another David he dies praying for and blessing the Inheritance of the Lord over whom he had been ruling. Again, He had been a Prophet of the Lord unto and among his People; Moses the Man of God, and an Eminent Type of the Great Prophet and King of the Church; and now, like the Ascending JESUS, being about to leave his People, he lifts up his hands in prayer and blesses them. Yea, his Blessing of the Tribes, like that of Jacob is to his Sons, is a very famous Prophecy, wherein he foretells the Lot of the Tribes, their Genius, Situation, Employments, Honours, and Services; what should befall them hereafter; And the Event answered his words, and showed that he spake by Inspiration and the Spirit of Prophecy.

The particular part of the Prophecy and the Blessing now before us is that which respects Zebulun and Issachar, who are here put together because of their Consanguinity & Neighborhood, being the Sons of one Mother their lots joyning together, which Moses in Spirit foresees and foretells. Now the Prediction and benediction, in common in both respects

• 1. Their situation, business, and employment.

• 2. Their felicity & prosperity in their respective station and business.

• 3. Their Religion and devotion toward God are the best of all.

Zebulun is one of Israel's twelve tribes. The tribes were named for Jacob's children (or grandchildren, in the cases of Ephraim and Manasseh). In the time of Moses, Zebulun was divided into three clans: the Seredites, the Elonites, and the Jahleelites, named after Zebulun's sons (Numbers 26:26).

Zebulun means "dwelling" or "honor." Jacob's tenth son, Zebulun, was the youngest of six sons borne by Leah. When Zebulun was born, Leah said, "God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor because I have borne him six sons" (Genesis 30:20).