Verses 16-17
"Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel, Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward."
The thought here is that Dan, although few in number and not strong militarily would nevertheless be able to overcome by cunning strategy. Willis identified the "serpent" of this place as the "cerastes cornutus",[27] an extremely poisonous and dangerous, horned snake which was the color of the ground and often inflicted fatal wounds upon travelers. "This character of Dan as a judge of Israel came out in the expedition of the Danites to Laish in northern Canaan (described in Judges 18), and in the romantic chivalry of the brave and gigantic Samson, who with the cunning of the serpent overthrew the mightiest of foes."[28]
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