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Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.
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Verse 32. Should, in agricultural pursuits, in which those of Issachar excelled. Genesis 49:14. Countrymen have often more skill about the weather, then the greatest astronomers, Virg. Georg. i. Menochius. Tirinus.—Others think that these men could calculate when the festivals would occur, (Saint Jerome Trad.) or they were well versed in politics, and so forth See Esther 1:13.
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