The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the Simeonites, presented an offering.

The name of the slain Israelite man, who was struck dead with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite ancestral house.

These were the Simeonite clans, numbering 22,200 men.

They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the Judahites, Simeonites, and Benjaminites.

From the Simeonites: 7,100 brave warriors ready for war.

The following were in charge of the tribes of Israel:
For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri was the chief official;
for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah;