Deuteronomy 33:22
And of Dan he said, 1 Dan is a gur aryeh (lionʼs whelp); 1 he shall leap from Bashan. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 49:16Dan yadin (shall judge) his people, 1 as one of the Shivtei Yisroel. 1
Judges 13:2And there was a certain ish from Tzorah, of the mishpakhat HaDani, whose shem was Manoach; and his isha was barren and bore not.
Judges 14:6And the Ruach Hashem came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat, and he had nothing in his yad; but he told not his av or his em what he had done.
Judges 15:8And he struck them hip and thigh with a makkah gedolah; and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Eitam.
Judges 16:30And Shimshon said, Let me die with the Pelishtim. And he pushed himself with all his ko'ach; and the bais fell upon the rulers, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slaughtered at his death were more than they which he slaughtered in his life.
1 Chronicles 12:35And of Naphtali elef sarim, and with them with shield and khanit (spear) thirty and shivah elef.
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 →