Wherefore most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt were uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commandments of God; concerning whom also He determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord swore to give to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

And when they had been circumcised, they rested there in the camp until they were healed.

And she conceived again, and bore a second son to Jacob; and she said, Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, He has given to me this one also; and she called his name Simeon.

And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name Levi.

Simeon and Levi, brothers, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.

Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

And they set themselves in array against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.

Now then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known a man intimately.

For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.

For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not forego his enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled by many gifts.

Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not my inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they hamstrung a bull.

But Hezekiah did not recompense the Lord according to the favor shown him, but his heart was lifted up. And wrath came upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.