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The frontiers of the remaining six tribes of Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan are described in chapter nineteen. <\/span><\/p>\n

The area assigned to the tribe of Simeon falls within the borders of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 19:1). Simeon did not receive an independent allotment but was federated with his larger and more powerful brother. Simeon’s portion consisted of a series of towns found within Judah’s southern reaches, the arid and mostly barren Negev (literally “dry land”). <\/span><\/p>\n

We are struck by the correspondence between our account and an ancient tradition. We must turn to patriarch Jacob’s blessings to his children from his deathbed, as recorded towards the end of the Book of Genesis. While each one of the sons merited his father’s acclaim, Simeon and Levi were singled out for censure. Jacob recalled his sons’ brutal attack on Shekhem (Gen. 34) and pronounced sentence upon them: \u201cSimeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their legacy… I will divide them in Jacob and I will scatter them in Israel\u201d (Gen. 49:5-7).<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacob’s ancient words now come to pass, for the tribe of Simeon never receives a clearly delineated portion of land in Canaan and instead is dispersed among the southern cities of the tribe of Judah. For comparison, we may note that the tribe of Levi received an even more diffuse inheritance, for the population of that tribe was settled in assigned Levitical cities that were scattered throughout the land. <\/span><\/p>\n

The border descriptions of the Book of Joshua, while never stating the matter explicitly, provide us with a foundation principle in Tanakh: The moral choices made by the individual human being reverberate not only during his or her lifetime, but far into the future as well. Often the effects of our actions seem to us to become more muted and insignificant with the passage of the years, certainly over the course of the generations, but the Tanakh intimates that this is not necessarily the case. The seeds that we unwittingly plant during our ethical interactions with others sprout, take root, and flourish over an extended period of time and often mature in a most unexpected fashion. <\/span><\/p>\n

While an appreciation of the final outcome must escape us because our life spans are so brief, from the perspective of the Eternal One, which the Tanakh aims to provide, the connections are obvious.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joshua: The Challenge of the Promised Land <\/span><\/i>(Jerusalem: Koren, 2015); <\/span>Chapter: \u201cThe Remaining Trib <\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":54319,"id":54319,"title":"jo19-Simeon-and-Levi","filename":"jo19-Simeon-and-Levi.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/echoes-of-a-prophecy\/jo19-simeon-and-levi\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jo19-simeon-and-levi","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":54318,"date":"2019-04-25 10:25:24","modified":"2019-04-25 10:25:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":365,"height":318,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi-300x261.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi.jpg","medium_large-width":365,"medium_large-height":318,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi.jpg","large-width":365,"large-height":318,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi.jpg","1536x1536-width":365,"1536x1536-height":318,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi.jpg","2048x2048-width":365,"2048x2048-height":318,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi.jpg","post_full_size-width":365,"post_full_size-height":318,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo19-Simeon-and-Levi.jpg","home_baner-width":365,"home_baner-height":318}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Echoes Of A Prophecy","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Simeon and Levi - 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