Bible Question:
Why weren't Simeon and Levi punished with a death sentence for killing the tribe that raped their sister? Didn't God say that if anyone spills blood, their blood would be spilled? |
Bible Answer: Shalom Adriana, To answer your 2nd question first - yes, indeed, God did say that a man who spilled another's blood would pay with his own blood. First, you must be aware that it was not just the 2 men, Simeon and Levi, the scenario included all of the men of military age in both of their entire tribes (which according to the number of all of Jacob's family were not very large). Simeon (the man) payed dearly, he lost the blessing of the first born which would have gone to him because of what Rueben had done (Gen. 49:5-7). That scripture also includes Levi who also lost the first born blessing which would have gone to him due to Simeon losing it. That, alone, was bad enough for them, but look at your maps in the Bible and see that Simeon only got a very small portion of land WITHIN Judah's portion, and Levi got nothing of their own. They paid. Just as an aside: the firstborn blessing was split between Judah (given the right to rule entire nation after Jacob Gen. 49:8-12) and Joseph being given the double portion (which was split between Manasseh and Ephraim) of the material wealth of Jacob (Gen. 48:5-6 and 49:22-26). Hope this helps a little bit :o) Cheri |
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