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Seled son of Zimri took to wife Keilah daughter of Mushi. He begat a daughter, Adah, and he begat Bezaleel, who took to wife Remeth daughter of Remmon. The same Bezaleel became first chieftain of the tribe of Reuben.

The Reubenities contended with the Amorite King Shihon of the city of Hesbon for the lands nigh to the Salt Sea under Mount Peor and seized Jahaz and Dibon to the east. To the south lay Ammon, and the western fence was the lands of the Benjaminites.

Phinehas took to wife Shema daughter of Adamah. And God Most High gave commandment to Phinehas from the Table of the Covenant. Bat-El said, "Do not set up a pillar for worship nor plant a tree for worship. Do not print marks on your body. Do not cast spells over serpents and scorpions. Do not practice magic with herbs and colored stones. Do not interpret signs in the sky to portend favorable or unfavorable seasons."

And Bat-El also said, "Do not wrong your neighbor in speech. Do not idly bear tales. Do not bear a grudge or take revenge. Do not curse another Israelite. Do not leave a beast that has fallen beneath its burden unaided."

Then in the two hundred four and fourtieth year of the Covenant Phinehas slept with his fathers, and his son Abishua became high priest unto God Most High.

Helek son of Gilead took to wife Abez daughter of Jaleel. He begat a daughter, Mahlah, and he begat Oren, who took to wife Zibiah daughter of Ashnah. The same Oren became the first chieftain of the tribe of Zebulun.

Oren strengthened himself, and led forth his valiant men with their chariots to the valley of Jezreel and smote a thousand of the city of Shimron, and they also drove off much cattle. And the Zebulunites took possession of all the surrounding land even unto Mount Carmel.

Ozem son of Shelah took to wife Hazah daughter of Shupham. He begat a daughter, Rizpah, and he begat Uri, who took to wife Mahalath daughter of Maralah. The same Uri became the first chieftain of the tribe of Simeon.

And the Simeonites grazed their flocks nigh to Beersheba and built oasis towns in the wilderness south of the hill country, yet their lands were entirely fenced in by the tribe of Judah, and the Simeonites were the smallest of the tribes of the children of Israel.