Dan in the The twelve tribes collection

‘Dan shall judge his people’: the tribe of judgment, from which Shimshon the judge arose. In the wilderness the banner of Dan marched last, the rearguard of all the camps, and tradition says it returned to each person whatever had been lost along the way.

Meaning of the name

From the word for judgment: Rachel said that God had judged her, heard her voice and given her a son.

Mother

Bilhah

Stone on the Choshen (Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7)

Leshem, jacinth / opal

Flag colour

sapphire blue

Emblem on the flag

serpent

Place in the camp

North — at the head of the banner (degel) of the camp of Dan, with Asher and Naftali; last to set out, the rearguard of all the camps.