RV 'Dan is a lion's whelp that leapeth forth from Bashan.' This depicts the stealth and violence of the Danites in war or in marauding expeditions: see e.g. their capture of Laish, Judges 18. The forest and ravines of Bashan were the haunts of wild beasts: see on Bashan, Numbers 21:33.
Verse Deuteronomy 33:22. _DAN_ IS _A LION'S WHELP: HE SHALL LEAP FROM BASHAN._] The Jewish interpreters observe that Bashan was a place much frequented by _lions_, who issued thence into all parts to...
Dan shall be like a lion which leaps forth from his covert in Bashan. Compare Song of Solomon 4:8....
3. THE BLESSING OF MOSES Chapter S 32:44-33:29 _ 1. Introduction (Deuteronomy 32:44)_ 2. Jehovah's manifestation (Deuteronomy 33:1) 3. The blessing of Reuben, Judah and Levi (D
DEUTERONOMY 33. THE BLESSING OF MOSES. Of this poem (quite unconnected with the context) the following statements may be made: (_a)_ It was composed during the prosperous reign of Jeroboam II (786- 74...
DAN. Compare Genesis 49:16....
( 22 24). Of Vows. A vow once made shall be paid without delay. God requires it, neglect is a sin (Deuteronomy 33:21). To forbear to vow is no sin, but every uttered promise of this kind must be obser...
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 (Judges 18:7)....
The Blessing Proper 6 R e" ubén, may he live and not die, Though few be his men....
_VER._ 22. _AND OF DAN HE SAID_— Moses seems here to prophesy, that part of this tribe, too closely confined within the bounds of the portion originally assigned them, would attack, like _lions,_ the...
2. BLESSINGS PRONOUNCED UPON THE TWELVE TRIBES (Deuteronomy 33:6-25) It will be noticed that the tribe of Simeon is not mentioned in this list. This was because of their father's anger, cruelty, and d...
_AND OF DAN HE SAID, DAN IS A LION'S WHELP: HE SHALL LEAP FROM BASHAN._ Dan is a lion's whelp, х_ QUWR_ (H6979) _ 'ARYEEH_ (H738)] - a cub; differing from х_ KªPIYR_ (H3715)] a young lion weaned, mud...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 33 V1 This is the *blessing that Moses, God’s *prophet, gave to the *Israelites. Moses did this...
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 of the tribe of Judah. HE SHALL LEAP FROM BASHAN. — The taking of Laish is prob...
וּ לְ דָ֣ן אָמַ֔ר דָּ֖ן גּ֣וּר אַרְיֵ֑ה
(B) THE BLESSING OF MOSES Deuteronomy 33:1 Besides the farewell speeches and the farewell song, we have in this chapter yet another closing utterance attributed to Moses. Here, as in the case of the...
ISRAEL'S HAPPY FUTURE PROMISED Deuteronomy 33:18 _ Zebulun_ and _Issachar,_ sons of Leah, were neighbors in Canaan, and, being on the seaboard, became wealthy by commerce. The calling of the peoples...
Here we have the record of the final words of Moses to the nation. They also take the form of a song. Often he had set before the people cursing and blessing His last words were of blessing only. Firs...
Basan. As the Jordan rushes with impetuosity (Haydock) from Lais, which was seized by some of this tribe; (Judges xviii.) and as a lion falls on its prey from the mountains of Basan, so shall this tri...
Taking this blessing in a temporal sense, perhaps it might refer to the victories of Samson, who sprung from this tribe; or to the tribe itself, whose exploits are rehearsed. Judges 18:1. But if we re...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
22._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 from necessity; for their love of war was not to be deemed...
We have also the blessings of this man of God, pronounced over the people before his death (chap. 33). The blessings of Jacob were more historical regarding the future. Here they are rather relationsh...
AND OF DAN HE SAID,.... Of the tribe of Dan, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: DAN [IS] A LION'S WHELP; or like one for boldness, strength, and courage; and was verified in Samson, who was of...
And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. Ver. 22. _He shall leap from Bashan,_] _i.e., _ He shall suddenly set upon his enemies; as Ahithophel counselled Absalom, 2Sa 1...
_A lion's whelp_ Courageous, and generous, and strong, and successful against his enemies. Which _leapeth from Bashan_ Because there were many and fierce lions in those parts, whence they used to come...
1 The Maiestie of God. 6 The blessings of the twelue Tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel. 1 AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death....
THE BLESSING OF MOSES. As the aged patriarch Jacob laid his blessing upon his sons in the form of prophecies, so Moses, before being gathered to his people, spoke a prophetic blessing upon the peopl...
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, with all the latter's fierceness and sinuous strength in battle; HE SHALL LEAP FROM BASHAN, as did the lions and leopards in attacking the herds of cattle in...
THE BLESSING OF THE TRIBES (vs.1-29) Though Deuteronomy is a book largely of admonition, yet all admonition is finished by the end of Chapter 32:47, and Chapter 33 beautifully closes God's message f...
6-23 The order in which the tribes are here blessed, is not the same as is observed elsewhere. The blessing of Judah may refer to the whole tribe in general, or to David as a type of Christ. Moses la...
LION'S WHELP, i.e. courageous, and generous, and strong, and successful against his enemies. HE SHALL LEAP FROM BASHAN, or, _which leapeth from Bashan_; for this clause seems not to belong to the trib...
"And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death" It is full of interest and comfort to find that the last words of the lawgiver were words o...
Deuteronomy 33:22 Dan H1835 said H559 (H8804) Dan H1835 lions H738 whelp H1482 leap H2187 (H8762) Bashan...
Deuteronomy 33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, Who leaps forth from Bashan (or ‘from the viper'). Moses finds little inspiration in some of the tribes and cannot arouse any prophetic...
CONTENTS: Moses' blessing upon the tribes. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is a very desirable thing to have an interest in the prayers of those who are about to depart for heaven. KEY WORD:...
Deuteronomy 33:1. _Moses blessed Israel._ Moses, like Jacob, died distinctly blessing the tribes of Israel, and finished his course in a manner worthy of himself. The tribe of Simeon is here omitted....
_Dan is a lion’s whelp._ DAN; OR ACTIVITY IN CONFLICT 1. The section in Moses’ blessing devoted to Dan offers three significant points of contrast with all the other sections of the poem. (1) It is...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 33:1 There is no mention of Simeon in the list of tribes, perhaps because the tribe was going to be scattered (Genesis 49:7) and absorbed by Judah....
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 33:22 BASHAN. This blessing seems to predict Dan’s migration to the north (see Judges 18:1)....
CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses now performs the last great act of life and blesses the tribes of Israel. “The blessing opens with a solemn conclusion of the covenant and giving of the law at Sinai, by which th...
EXPOSITION MOSES' BLESSING. Before ascending Mount Nebo, to take a view of the land he was not permitted to cuter and then to die, Moses took farewell of the people he had so long guided and ruled, b...
Chapter thirty-three, Now this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel just before he died. And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir; he shin...
1 Chronicles 12:35; Genesis 49:16; Genesis 49:17; Joshua 19:47;...
A lion's whelp — Courageous, and generous, and strong, and successful against his enemies. Which leapeth — From Bashan, because there were many and fierce lions in those parts, whence they used to com...