Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 33:22
Dan shall be like a lion which leaps forth from his covert in Bashan. Compare Song of Solomon 4:8. read more
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Albert Barnes
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 33:22
Deuteronomy 33:22. 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 forth and leap upon the prey. Or this may refer either to the particular victories obtained by Samson, who was of the tribe of Dan, or to a more general achievement of that tribe, when a party of them surprised Laish, which lay in the furthest part of the land of Canaan from... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:1-29
The blessing of Moses (32:48-33:29)As God had announced earlier, the time for Moses to die had come (48-52; see Numbers 27:12-14). The prophetic blessings that he gave Israel before he died foresaw the favours that God would give the various tribes. But first Moses recalled the giving of the law at Sinai. God appeared in flaming majesty, bursting forth in glory brighter than the rising sun. Accompanying him were multitudes of heavenly servants who carry out God’s purposes in the lives of... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 33:22
Dan. Compare Genesis 49:16-18 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:22
BLESSING OF DAN (Deuteronomy 33:22)"And of Dan he said,Dan is a lion's whelp,That leapeth forth from Bashan."Does this say that the tribe of Dan shall be quartered in Bashan, or that Dan shall be like a lion's whelp from Bashan? The utter lack of specifics continues to be the salient feature of these blessings. Yet the blessing is a desirable one. Dan will not be like a dog or a pig, but like a lion! read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 33:22
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 secure inhabitants of a place, of whose situation he gives them a general idea; and thereby intimates that they would form a colony distinct from the rest of the Danites. The words, therefore, may be rendered "Dan is a lion's whelp:—he shall leap or make excursions, beyond Bashan." Bashan was a large... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 33:22
22. Dan is a lion's whelp—His proper settlement in the south of Canaan being too small, he by a sudden and successful irruption, established a colony in the northern extremity of the land. This might well be described as the leap of a young lion from the hills of Bashan. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 33:1-29
D. Moses’ blessing of the tribes ch. 33After receiving this announcement of his death, and as one of his final official acts as Israel’s leader, Moses pronounced a prophetic blessing on the tribes of Israel (cf. Jacob’s blessing of the tribes in Genesis 49)."In the ancient Near East, a dying father’s final blessings spoken to his sons were an irrevocable legal testament, accepted as decisive evidence in court disputes. In the case of the Biblical patriarchs, the authority and potency of their... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 33:6-25
The arrangement of the tribes in this blessing is unusual. Kalland provided a chart of six lists of the tribes that appear in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua, each of which contains a different order. [Note: Kalland, p. 222.] Evidently God based this list on a combination of the past and future histories of each tribe.Reuben (Deuteronomy 33:6) was the first-born but did not enjoy greatness among the tribes because of his sin. He lost his father’s birthright and blessing.Judah... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:22-23
The blessing of Dan and Naphtali; the satisfaction which accrues from the enjoyment of the Divine favor. The word rendered "favor' in this verse, is the same as the one translated "good will" in the blessing of Joseph. (For several instances in which that word is used, see the Homily on that passage.) We are not going beyond the significance attached to the word in the time of Moses, in thinking of it as conveying to us the meaning of that favor, grace, and mercy of God, which is the... read more