Numbers 4:22

4:22 “Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

Numbers 20:25

20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up on Mount Hor.

Numbers 24:22

24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite will be consumed.

How long will Asshur take you away captive?”


tc Heb “Nevertheless Cain will be wasted; how long will Asshur take you captive?” Cain was believed to be the ancestor of the Kenites. The NAB has “yet destined for burning, even as I watch, are your inhabitants.” Asshur may refer to a north Arabian group of people of Abrahamic stock (Gen 25:3), and not the Assyrian empire.