Deuteronomy 33:22
To Dan also he said: Dan is a young lion, he shall flow plentifully from Basan.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 49:16He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.
Judges 13:2Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.
Judges 14:6And the spirit of the Lord came upon Samson, and he tore the lion as he would have torn a kid in pieces, having nothing at all in his hand: and he would not tell this to his father and mother.
Judges 15:8And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.
Judges 16:30He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude that was there: and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life.
1 Chronicles 12:35Of Dan also twenty-eight thousand six hundred prepared for battle.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:19-22
18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he… Read the whole commentary →