16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

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16 “Dan[a](A) will provide justice for his people
    as one of the tribes of Israel.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:16 Dan here means he provides justice.

22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

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22 About Dan(A) he said:

“Dan is a lion’s cub,
    springing out of Bashan.”

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And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

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Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me;(A) he has listened to my plea and given me a son.”(B) Because of this she named him Dan.[a](C)

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  1. Genesis 30:6 Dan here means he has vindicated.

26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

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26 So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him,(A) turned around and went back home.

27 Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure.(B) They attacked them with the sword and burned(C) down their city.(D)

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18 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

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The Danites Settle in Laish

18 In those days Israel had no king.(A)

And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.(B) So the Danites(C) sent five of their leading men(D) from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out(E) the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, “Go, explore the land.”(F)

So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah,(G) where they spent the night.

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20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

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20 Samson led[a] Israel for twenty years(A) in the days of the Philistines.

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  1. Judges 15:20 Traditionally judged

24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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24 The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson.(A) He grew(B) and the Lord blessed him,(C) 25 and the Spirit of the Lord began to stir(D) him while he was in Mahaneh Dan,(E) between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

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A certain man of Zorah,(A) named Manoah,(B) from the clan of the Danites,(C) had a wife who was childless,(D) unable to give birth.

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25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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25 Finally, as the rear guard(A) for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai(B) was in command.

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