*Shim`on and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
By the border of Binyamin, from the east side to the west side, Shim`on, one [portion].
Of the tribe of the children of Shim`on, Shemu'el the son of `Ammihud.
The children of Yisra'el gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by Moshe.
of the tribe of Shim`on twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Yissakhar twelve thousand,