And of the children of Issachar, who were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were under their command.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Should, in agricultural pursuits, in which those of Issachar excelled, Genesis xlix. 14. Countrymen have often more skill about the weather, than the greatest astronomers, Virgil, Georg. i. (Menochius) (Tirinus)
Others think that these men could calculate when the festivals would occur, (St. Jerome, Trad.) or they were well versed in politics See Esther i. 13.