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Dan

Dan's
Countries

Netherlands

Belgium

Luxembourg

Indonesia

Netherland Antilles

Aruba

Suriname

Tribe of Dan

The Lost Tribe of Dan is the modern Netherlands and all other affiliated countries.

Key Prophecies

Jacob's pronouncement over Dan is that he would be the Judge of his brothers:

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶דָּ֖ן יָדִ֣ין עַמּ֑וֹ כְּאַחַ֖ד שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (WLC)

1 Genesis 49:16

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. (KJV)

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶Dan shall judge his people, as 1 of the tribes of Israel. (KJV/NC)

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶Dan shall judge his people,(ASV)

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶Dan shall judge his people as if the tribes of Israel were one. (LAM)

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. (RSV)

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶"Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel. (NIV)

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶'Dan will judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.(WEB)

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶'Dan will judge his people,
as one of the tribes of Israel.(WEB/HNV)

1 Genesis 49:16 ¹⁶Dan will judge his people as if the tribes of Israel were one. (BRB)

WLC
KJV
KJV/NC
ASV
LAM
RSV
NIV
WEB
WEB/HNV
BRB

This is fulfilled in the modern Netherlands with several key international courts.

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Court of Justice
Internaional Criminal Court
Europol The European Criminal Intelligence Agency.

These courts and court related agencies fulfill the promise to Dan that he would be the judge of his brothers, the judge of nations.

Key Stories

Dan had a great deal of difficulty taking his own land at the conquest of Canaan during the time of the Judges. The story unfolds that he eventually took the sea coast town.

This tribe is one of the smallest of the European nations and that size reflect's Dan's inability to conquer territory. It was easier to conquer the sea than it was to conquer the land.