Der ExodusTribal princeMilitary commanderLeaderUnknown; Exodus period (circa 1400s or 1200s BC, depending on chronological model)
Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai, served as tribal prince and military commander for the tribe of Dan during the wilderness journey after leaving Egypt. He was chosen by God to stand beside Moses as leader of his tribe when the Israelites were mustered in the Sinai desert. With its 62,700 fighting men, Dan formed one of the largest tribes. In the camp arrangement around the tabernacle, Ahiezer's division was positioned on the north side, together with the tribes of Asher and Naphtali. During the march, Dan held the strategically vital position as the rear guard for all Israel's camp. At the dedication of the altar, Ahiezer presented his offering on the tenth day, consisting of a silver plate, a silver basin, a gold bowl with incense, along with sacrificial animals for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and peace offerings—the same gift that each of the other tribal princes brought.
Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai, was appointed by God as the tribal leader and representative of the tribe of Dan to assist Moses with the census in the wilderness of Sinai.
38The descendants of Dan: all the men twenty years old and upward who were fit for military service were listed by name, according to their genealogy, by clan and family.
Ahiezer led the division under the banner of Dan as the last group to break camp during the march through the wilderness, thus serving as the rear guard for the entire Israelite camp.
On the tenth day of the altar's dedication, Ahiezer brought his offering, which included a silver plate, a silver basin, a gold bowl with incense, an ox, a ram, a lamb, and a male goat for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and peace offerings.
67His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
71and for the fellowship offering, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
25Finally the standard of the camp of Dan set out as rear guard for all the camps, company by company, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over its company.