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Genesis 49:16

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¶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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  1. Deuteronomy 33:22Rank 1 from verse 16
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    22¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

  2. Genesis 30:6Rank 2 from verse 16
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    6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

  3. Judges 13:2Rank 3 from verse 16
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    2¶ 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.

  4. Judges 13:24–25Rank 4 from verse 16
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    24¶ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

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

  5. Judges 15:20Rank 5 from verse 16
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    20And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

  6. Judges 18:1–2Rank 6 from verse 16
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    1IN 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.

    2And 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.

  7. Judges 18:26–27Rank 7 from verse 16
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    26And 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.

    27And 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.

  8. Numbers 10:25Rank 8 from verse 16
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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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Genesis 49:16

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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COMBINED MEANING

judge

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Sense 1: A person or authority who hears, discerns, decides, governs, vindicates, condemns, or administers justice. Sense 2: To examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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tribes

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Bodies of people descended from common ancestors, especially the divisions of Israel.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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49:16¶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

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49:17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

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