Deuteronomy 33:22
To Dan he said: “Dan is a young lion that leaps out of Bashan.”
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In The King James Version
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
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Genesis 49:16Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
Judges 13:2At that time there was a man named Manoah. He was from the tribe of Dan and lived in the town of Zorah. His wife couldn't conceive and had no children.
Judges 14:6The Spirit of the Lord swept over him, and he ripped the lion apart with his bare hands as easily as ripping apart a young goat. But he didn't tell his father or mother what he'd done. Then he went on his way.
Judges 15:8He attacked them violently, killing them, and then left to go and live in a cave at the rock of Etam.
Judges 16:30Samson shouted, “Let me die with the Philistines!” and he pushed with all his strength. The temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. So those killed at his death were more than he killed in his life.
1 Chronicles 12:35From the tribe of Dan, 28,600 warriors, all battle-ready.
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 →