Jacob Withholds His Name from Simeon and Levi's Assembly

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayechi 12:4

(Genesis 49:6:) "Into their council let my soul not come, and with their assembly let my glory not be united." When these two tribes (Simeon and Levi) are gathered together, let my name not be mentioned there. When Zimri arises and sins, "let not my glory be united" [since it is said, "Zimri ben Salu, prince of an ancestral house belonging to the Simeonites" (Numbers 25:14); and likewise, "And Korah ben Izhar ben Kohath ben Levi... and they gathered together against Moses and against Aaron" (Numbers 16:1-2); "with their assembly let my glory not be united."]

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