Deuteronomy 33:20-22

Contemporary English Version

²⁰Tribe of Gad,
the Lord will bless you
    with more land.
So shout his praises!
Your tribe is like a lion
    ripping up its victim.
²¹Your leaders met together
and chose the best land
    for your tribe,
but you obeyed the Lord
    and helped the other tribes.^[a]

²²Tribe of Dan,
you are like a lion cub,
startled by a snake.^[b]

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Footnotes

33.21 tribes: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 21. The Gad tribe asked for some of the land east of the Jordan River, but promised that their warriors would cross the Jordan and help the other tribes take over the land west of the Jordan (see Numbers 32.1-33; Joshua 4.10-13).
33.22 startled by a snake: Or “jumping out from the forest of Bashan.”