Deu 33:18-19 And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar, in your tents. They shall call peoples to their mountain; there they offer right sacrifices; for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
Both the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar were in the Galilee region and were blessed to take advantage of the Sea of Galilee. (Guzik)
“That is, as Zebulun should be prosperous in his shipping and traffic, so should Issachar be in his tents—his agriculture and pasturage.” (Clarke)
The providence of God appoints men’s habitations, and wisely disposes men to different employments for the public good. (Henry)
Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; in their going out to sea, to merchandise, to traffic in foreign parts, it being a maritime tribe, see Genesis 49:13; and so are called upon to rejoice and be thankful for their safe preservation on the seas, and success in trade. Issachar, in thy tents; being a tribe that stayed at home, and attended to husbandry, and dwelt in tents, to take care of and feed their cattle; in doing which they should be prosperous, and have occasion to rejoice, and be thankful to the Lord. (Gill)
I like how Henry put it; “The providence of God appoints men’s habitations, and wisely disposes men to different employments for the public good.”
Likewise, we have been blessed by God through Jesus Christ for public good, but more importantly, in this public good, there should be seen in our lives Honor and Glory to the blessing giver at all times.
