Knowing The Word in Genesis 49:5-7, Jacob Blesses More Sons

5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers [allies]; weapons of violence are their swords. [They collaborated in the sacking of Shechem, killing all the men after the rape of their sister, Dinah.] 6 Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen. [Who are the oxen?] 7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

[During the settlement, the Levites are dispersed among 48 cities. The Simeonites were allocated a settlement within the enclave of Judah. Simeon was never a strong tribe.]