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- Deuteronomy
- Chapter 33
- Verse 22
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
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Gill's Exposition
And of Naphtali he said,.... The tribe of Naphtali, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem:
O Naphtali, satisfied with favour; with the favour of men, which to have is a great blessing; and as he…
Barnes' Notes
Dan shall be like a lion which leaps forth from his covert in Bashan. Compare Son 4:8.
Here is, I. The blessing of Dan, Deu 33:22. Jacob in his blessing had compared him to a serpent for subtlety; Moses compares him to a lion for courage and resolution: and what could stand before those…
Cambridge Bible
22 And of Dan he said:
Dan, a whelp of a lion,
He leaps from Bashán.
22. The situation assigned is that northern one, to which the tribe migrated from their earlier seat in the South (Jdg 18:7).…
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