25 Three days later, while all of them were still in pain,(A) two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon(B) and Levi,(C) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords(D) and attacked the unsuspecting city,(E) killing every male.(F)

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“Simeon(A) and Levi(B) are brothers—
    their swords[a] are weapons of violence.(C)
Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(D)
for they have killed men in their anger(E)
    and hamstrung(F) oxen as they pleased.
Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,(G) so cruel!(H)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

The Birth of Moses

Now a man of the tribe of Levi(A) married a Levite woman,(B)

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16 These were the names of the sons of Levi(A) according to their records: Gershon,(B) Kohath and Merari.(C) Levi lived 137 years.

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19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.(A)

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

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47 The ancestral tribe of the Levites,(A) however, was not counted(B) along with the others.

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17 These were the names of the sons of Levi:(A)

Gershon,(B) Kohath(C) and Merari.(D)

18 These were the names of the Gershonite clans:

Libni and Shimei.(E)

19 The Kohathite clans:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(F)

20 The Merarite clans:(G)

Mahli and Mushi.(H)

These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

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57 These were the Levites(A) who were counted by their clans:

through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;

through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;

through Merari, the Merarite clan.

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