For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who had come out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah; to whom Jehovah swore that He would not show them the land which Jehovah had sworn to their fathers that He would give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp to be healed.

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I am hated, He has therefore given me this one also. And she called his name Simeon.

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi.

Simeon and Levi are brothers; implements of violence are their weapons.

Cursed is their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

And they warred against the Midianites, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and they killed all the males.

Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by lying with a male.

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause someone to fall.

For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any bribes, nor will he yield to the giving of many gifts.

Let not my soul enter their council; let not my honor be united to their assembly; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they have hamstrung an ox.

But Hezekiah did not return according to the favor shown him, for his heart had become haughty; therefore wrath was over him and over Judah and Jerusalem.