Genesis 49:5-7
“Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.”
King James Version · the opening — all 3 verses are below
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Simeon and Levi cursed to be scattered in Israel for the Shechem massacre, Simeon absorbed into Judah, Levi dispersed as priests.
Read the whole passage — all 3 verses (KJV)
49:5Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
49:6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
49:7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Fulfillment References
Joshua 19:1 Deuteronomy 33:8-11 Numbers 18:23
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