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In his deathbed blessing of his sons, [[Jacob]] said this of Simeon and Levi both: {{Bible quote|Simeon and Levi are brothers—their swords are weapons of violence. Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased. Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.|book=Genesis|chap=49|verses=5-7}}
In his deathbed blessing of his sons, [[Jacob]] said this of Simeon and Levi both: {{Bible quote|Simeon and Levi are brothers—their swords are weapons of violence. Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased. Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.|book=Genesis|chap=49|verses=5-7}}
This is a reference to the Shechem incident and might be one reason why the tribes of Simeon and Levi remained separated both during the wilderness journey and in the Promised Land. Simeon received a tribal territory and an assigned place to camp (the south side of the Tabernacle) and in the marching order (in the middle of the second rank). The Levites camped close to the Tabernacle on three sides and had the special duty to carry the Tabernacle furnishings, coverings, hangings, and structural elements. ({{Bible ref|book=Numbers|chap=2-4}})
This is a reference to the Shechem incident and might be one reason why the tribes of Simeon and Levi remained separated both during the wilderness journey and in the Promised Land. Simeon received a tribal territory and an assigned place to camp (the south side of the Tabernacle) and in the marching order (in the middle of the second rank). The Levites camped close to the Tabernacle on three sides and had the special duty to carry the Tabernacle furnishings, coverings, hangings, and structural elements. ({{Bible ref|book=Numbers|chap=2-4}}) In the Promised Land, the Levites received no territory but were granted grazing rights in the environs of forty-eight cities.
== Simeon in fiction ==
Simeon appears in many [[motion picture]] and [[television]] projects describing the life and career of [[Joseph]]. Simeon is, of course, famous in all of these for being the one whom Joseph had briefly imprisoned during the "testing" operation.
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