Simeon and Levi are brothers, instruments of violence are their knives.
Joshua 21:8 - Tree of Life Version So Bnei-Yisrael gave by lot to the Levites these towns with their pastures, as Adonai had commanded through Moses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Israelites gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands (suburbs), as the Lord commanded through Moses. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses. Common English Bible So the Israelites gave these cities and their pasturelands to the Levites by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded through Moses. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs to the Levites, just as the Lord instructed by the hand of Moses, distributing to each by lot. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot. |
Simeon and Levi are brothers, instruments of violence are their knives.
Cursed be their anger for it was strong and their rage for it was cruel— I will disperse them in Jacob, I will scatter them in Israel.
The lot is cast into the lap, but their very decision is from Adonai.
So the sons of Reuben and Gad came and said to Moses, Eleazar the kohen, and the princes of the community saying,
“You are to divide the land by lot according to your families. To the large, make their inheritance larger, and to the small, make their inheritance smaller. Whatever comes out of the lot will be theirs. You are to distribute the inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.
Thus they will have cities to live in and pastures for their cattle, flocks and all their livestock.
After you have described the seven portions of land, bring the description here to me. Then I will cast lots for you here before Adonai our God.
So Bnei-Yisrael gave to the Levites from their inheritance, according to the command of Adonai, these towns and their pastures:
The children of Merari according to their clans received 12 towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun.
They gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these towns which are here mentioned by name.