OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 49:5

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“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

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Verse 5. Brethren. Born of the same parents; similar in disposition.—Vessels; instruments. Septuagint and Chal. “they have completed wickedness,” as they read calu, instead of the present Hebrew cele, which is adopted by Aquila. Calmet.

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