Simeon and Levi are brothers;
their knives are vicious weapons.

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.”

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelite men at Gibeath-haaraloth.

They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.

This was the inventory:

30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins,
29 silver knives,

There is a generation whose teeth are swords,
whose fangs are knives,
devouring the oppressed from the land
and the needy from among mankind.

He will settle disputes among the nations
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will turn their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will never again train for war.

Beat your plows into swords
and your pruning knives into spears.
Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”

He will settle disputes among many peoples
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows,
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.