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Reuben Archer Torrey
• 1 min. read • grade level: 11
Descended from Jacob's fifth son.
Gen. 30:6
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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. (Genesis 30:6)
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Predictions respecting.
Gen. 49:16, 17
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Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. (Genesis 49:16‑17)
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Deut. 33:22
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And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. (Deuteronomy 33:22)
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PERSONS SELECTED FROM
To number the people.
Num. 1:12
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Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (Numbers 1:12)
To spy out the land.
Num. 13:12
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Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (Numbers 13:12)
To divide the land.
Num. 34:22
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. (Numbers 34:22)
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Strength of, on leaving Egypt.
Num. 1:38, 39
38
Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. (Numbers 1:38‑39)
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Led the fourth and last division of Israel.
Num. 2:31
31
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. (Numbers 2:31)
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Num. 10:25
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. (Numbers 10:25)
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Encamped north of the tabernacle.
Num. 2:25
25
The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (Numbers 2:25)
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Offering of, at dedication.
Num. 7:66-71
66
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
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His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
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One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
69
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
70
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
71
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (Numbers 7:66‑71)
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Families of.
Num. 26:42
42
These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. (Numbers 26:42)
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Strength of, entering Canaan.
Num. 26:43
43
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. (Numbers 26:43)
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On Ebal, said amen to the curses.
Deut. 27:13
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And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (Deuteronomy 27:13)
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Bounds of its inheritance.
Josh. 19:40-46
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And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
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And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
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And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
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And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
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And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
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And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
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And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. (Joshua 19:40‑46)
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A commercial people.
Judg. 5:17
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Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. (Judges 5:17)
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Ezek. 27:19
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Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. (Ezekiel 27:19)
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Restricted to the hills by Amorites.
Judg. 1:34
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And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: (Judges 1:34)
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A PART OF
Sent to seek new settlements.
Judg. 18:1, 2
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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.
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And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, 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. (Judges 18:1‑2)
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Took Laish and called it Dan.
Josh. 19:47
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And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. (Joshua 19:47)
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Judg. 18:8-13, 27-29
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And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
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And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
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When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
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And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
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And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
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And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. (Judges 18:8‑13)
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.
28
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
29
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. (Judges 18:27‑29)
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Plundered Micah of his idols and his ephod.
Judg. 18:17, 21, 27
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And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. (Judges 18:17)
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So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. (Judges 18:21)
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. (Judges 18:27)
Set up Micah's idols in Dan. Jud. 18:30, 31.
Reproved for not aiding against Si-sera.
Judg. 5:17
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Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. (Judges 5:17)
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Sampson was of.
Judg. 13:2, 24, 25
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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. (Judges 13:2)
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And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
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And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. (Judges 13:24‑25)
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Some of, at coronation of David.
1 Chron. 12:35
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And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. (1 Chronicles 12:35)
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Ruler appointed over, by David.
1 Chron. 27:22
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Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. (1 Chronicles 27:22)
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