“Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
About Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, springing out of Bashan.”
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.” Because of this she named him Dan.
Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth.
Finally, as the rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command.
When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.
Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.