And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
The Hebrew word translated lot is used here of the fourth lot in the division of the land, assigning territory to the children of Issachar according to their families. In that use lot denotes the allotted portion or share itself falling to tribe and family, determined by the casting of the lot. Its outcome was understood as fixed by providence rather than mere chance, making the share a divinely determined allotment. The concern is that apportionment of the land, not Daniel standing in an inherited territory.
Issachar's assigned territory lay in Galilee among the territories of the other Galilean tribes. Like those tribes, Issachar did not fully possess its allotted territory but settled among the Canaanites remaining there. At times that dwelling among them took the form of making them tributary rather than driving them out.
The Hebrew word translated lot is used here of the fourth lot in the division of the land, assigning territory to the children of Issachar according to their families. In that use lot denotes the allotted portion or share itself falling to tribe and family, determined by the casting of the lot. Its outcome was understood as fixed by providence rather than mere chance, making the share a divinely determined allotment. The concern is that apportionment of the land, not Daniel standing in an inherited territory.
Issachar's assigned territory lay in Galilee among the territories of the other Galilean tribes. Like those tribes, Issachar did not fully possess its allotted territory but settled among the Canaanites remaining there. At times that dwelling among them took the form of making them tributary rather than driving them out.