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What does Zechariah 12:13 mean?

"the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;"

— Zechariah 12:13 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

10

I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

11

In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

12

The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of David’s house apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

13

the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

14

all the families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

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