Deuteronomy 33:21-23

Contemporary English Version

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]

²³The Lord is pleased with you,
people of Naphtali.
He will bless you
and give you the land
to the west and the south.^[c]

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.”
33.23 land to the west and the south: Or “land south as far as Lake Galilee.”