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A Tribe of Fierce Strength
Commentators explain that comparing Dan to a "lion's whelp" highlights the tribe's boldness, courage, and fierce strength. This was exemplified by Samson, a Danite who famously tore a lion apart. John Calvin suggests this warlike nature was born out of necessity, as the tribe had to defend itself against its enemies.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 33:22
18th Century
Theologian
Dan shall be like a lion which leaps forth from his covert in Bashan. Compare (Song of Solomon 4:8).
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 33:22
19th Century
Bishop
Dan is a lion’s whelp. —Jacob compared him to a serpent and an adder. The lion of the tribe of Dan is not like the lion o…
Charles Spurgeon
On Deuteronomy 33:19–22
19th Century
Preacher
And of Gad, he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad. God knows how to enlarge his people, give them more grace, more gifts, more opportu…
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John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 33:22
16th Century
Theologian
And of Dan he said. He foretells that the tribe of Dan, like that of Gad, should be warlike, not so much from voluntary disposition as fro…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 33:22
17th Century
Pastor
And of Dan he said
Of the tribe of Dan, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem:
Dan [is] a lion…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 33:6–23
17th Century
Minister
The order in which the tribes are blessed here is not the same as is observed elsewhere. The blessing of Judah may refer to the whole tribe in gene…