The 12 Tribes Of Israel (And Their Histories)

The households of 12 brothers would be enslaved, freed by Moses, and led into the land of Canaan promised to their ancestor Abraham. These are the 12 tribes of Israel.

Issachar

Jacob’s ninth son, and his fifth by Leah, Issachar was recognized in Jacob’s blessing as having seen the good land, settled between two burdens. Though the character of Issachar himself as little specific description, the tribe is known even today as highly devoted to Jewish scholarship. Issachar received a small portion of land on the southwest corner of the Sea of Galilee, and worshiped at Mount Tabor, the high place which is associated in New Testament literature as the mountain upon which Jesus was transfigured before Peter, John and James.

Zebulun

The sixth and final son of Jacob by Leah, Zebulun would have three sons named Seron, Elon and Jahleel. Leah named her son gift or honor, recognizing her blessing from God and hoping Jacob would finally love her as he loved Rachel now that he had six sons. The tribe of Zebulun was given an allotment in the north near Issachar, with whom they are traditionally associated – Issachar as the scholars, Zebulun as the administrators, who went to battle with “the scribes” or “marshall’s staff” (commanders). The tribe of Issachar, with over 57,000 men fit for battle, was the vanguard force in the conquest of Canaan.
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