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Simeon

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Verses Mentioning Simeon

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  1. The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

  2. From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name

  3. Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.

  4. Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.

  5. These were the sons of Israel:

  6. The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

  7. And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

  8. They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

  9. From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.

  10. And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

  11. Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.

  12. Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.

  13. Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.

  14. On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.

  15. from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,