OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 33:18

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About Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents.

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Verse 18. Out to sea. Calmet.—The territory of Zabulon had the Mediterranean sea on the west, and the lake of Tiberias, into which the Jordan flowed, on the east. Bible.—By the advantages of their situation, and by the example of the Tyrians, the people were induced to engage in commerce, and to study the art of navigation.—Tabernacles. Issachar preferred staying at home to cultivate his rich soil. Genesis 49:13. Calmet.

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