Zebulun Tribe

Zebulun tenth son of Jacob

(Gen 30:20)  And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

(Gen 35:23)  The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Sons of Zebulun

(Gen 46:14)  And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

Jacob's blessing

(Gen 49:13)  Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

Went into Egypt with Israel(Jacob)

(Exo 1:3)  Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

Census of Israel warriors

(Num 1:9)  Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

(Num 1:30)  Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(Num 1:31)  Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

Camp Zebulun

(Num 2:7)  Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

(Num 2:8)  And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

Offering at Tabernacle's consecration

(Num 7:24)  On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:

(Num 7:25)  His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

(Num 7:26)  One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

(Num 7:27)  One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

(Num 7:28)  One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

(Num 7:29)  And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

Israel leaves Sinai

(Num 10:16)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

Spies sent into Canaan

(Num 13:10)  Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

Census of new generation

(Num 26:26)  Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

(Num 26:27)  These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

Tribal Chiefs

(Num 34:25)  And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

Curses of Mt. Ebal

(Deu 27:13)  And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Moses final blessing

(Deu 33:18)  And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

Inheritance of Zebulun

(Jos 19:10)  And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

(Jos 19:11)  And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;

(Jos 19:12)  And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

(Jos 19:13)  And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;

(Jos 19:14)  And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:

(Jos 19:15)  And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

(Jos 19:16)  This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Alotted to Levi

(Jos 21:7)  The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

(Jos 21:34)  And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

Failure to complete conquest

(Jdg 1:30)  Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

Deborah and Barak

(Jdg 4:6)  And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

(Jdg 4:7)  And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

(Jdg 4:8)  And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

(Jdg 4:9)  And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

(Jdg 4:10)  And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

The song of Deborah and Barak

(Jdg 5:14)  Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

(Jdg 5:18)  Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

Gideon destroys the Altar of Baal

(Jdg 6:34)  But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

(Jdg 6:35)  And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

Sons of Israel (Jacob)

(1Ch 2:1)  These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

Mighty Men Join David

(1Ch 12:33)  Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

(1Ch 12:40)  Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

Leader of Zebulun Tribe

(1Ch 27:19)  Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:

Passover celebrated

(2Ch 30:11)  Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

(2Ch 30:12)  Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

(2Ch 30:13)  And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

(2Ch 30:14)  And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

(2Ch 30:15)  Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

(2Ch 30:16)  And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.

(2Ch 30:17)  For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

144,000 Sealed

(Rev 7:8)  Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.