Deuteronomio 33:22

22 Y de Dan, dijo: Dan es cachorro de león que salta desde Basán.

Deuteronomio 33:22 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:22

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 this tribe; who, when a young lion roared against him, the Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he tore it to pieces, ( Judges 14:5 Judges 14:6 ) ;

he shall leap from Bashan;
not Dan, for he was seated far from that country; but the sense is, he was like to a young lion for its strength, when it leaps from Bashan, as Aben Ezra rightly explains it. Bashan was a mountain in which lions haunted, and from whence they might be said to leap, as they do when they seize on their prey: it may have some respect to the leap of the Danites from the northwest part of the land of Israel, where they were settled, but was not sufficient for them, to the northeast of it, when they went against Leshem, and took it, and called it Dan; see ( Joshua 19:47 ) .

Deuteronomio 33:22 In-Context

20 Y de Gad, dijo: Bendito el que ensancha a Gad; se echa como león, y desgarra el brazo y también la coronilla.

21 Entonces reservó para sí la primera parte, pues allí la porción de gobernante le estaba reservada. Y él vino con los jefes del pueblo; ejecutó la justicia del SEÑOR, y sus ordenanzas con Israel.

22 Y de Dan, dijo: Dan es cachorro de león que salta desde Basán.

23 Y de Neftalí, dijo: Neftalí, colmado de favores, y lleno de la bendición del SEÑOR, toma posesión del mar y del sur.

24 Y de Aser, dijo: Más bendito que hijos es Aser; sea favorecido por sus hermanos, y moje su pie en aceite.