Tribes
Dan
One of Israel's tribes descending from Dan born through Bilhah. Oholiab son of Ahisamach of Dan is Bezalel's assistant for the sanctuary work: engraver, embroiderer and needleworker.
Category
Tribes
First mention
Genesis 30:6
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Scripture references
- Genesis 30:6
Then Rachel said, 'God has done me justice; yes, he has heard my prayer and given me a son.' Accordingly she named him Dan.
- Genesis 49:16
Dan will govern his people like any other of the tribes of Israel.
- Genesis 49:17
May Dan be a snake on the road, a viper on the path, who bites the horse on the hock so that its rider falls off backwards!
- Exodus 31:6
And to help him I have given him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and have endowed the hearts of all the skilled men with the skill to make everything I have ordered you:
- Exodus 35:34
And on him and on Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, he has bestowed the gift of teaching,
- Exodus 38:23
his assistant being Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, embroiderer and needleworker in violet-purple, red-purple and crimson materials and fine linen.