When the Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.

Neverthelater, thou shalt be a burning to Kain, until Assyria take thee prisoner."

The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.

Look, I have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift for you, assigned by the Lord to work at the tent of meeting.

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are too strong for us.”