OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 49:7

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Cursed 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.

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Verse 7. Scatter them. Levi had no division allotted to him, but only some cities among the other tribes; and Simeon had only a part of Juda’s lot, which was so small, that his descendants were forced to seek for a fresh establishment; some in Gader, others in Mount Seir, 1 Chronicles 4:39. Joshua 19:2. Simeon alone was not blessed by Moses. Deuteronomy 33. D.—The Levites obtained a blessing, on account of their distinguished zeal; (Numbers 25) while Zambri rivets, as it were, the curse upon the family of Simeon. Menochius.

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