Tamar Kadari: What was the quarrel that led Shelomith’s son to [be stoned to death]? In the Rabbinic account, he converted and wanted to pitch his tent within the encampment of Dan. The Danites asked him: “Why do you want to have your tent here?” He replied: “I am from the daughters of Dan.” They retorted: “But Scripture says: ‘The Israelites shall camp each with his standard, under the banners of his father’s house’ [Num. 2:2]. Although your mother is from the daughters of Dan, your father is not from the sons of Dan, and the encampment follows the father’s line, and not the mother’s.” Shelomith’s son entered the court of Moses and asked for a judgment in his case. Moses ruled against him, declaring that he could not dwell among the Danites because he was a mamzer (bastard). The son left the court and blasphemed, using the fully-pronounced Name of the Holy One, which he had heard at Sinai (Sifra 14:1–2). This midrash is highly critical of the conduct of Moses and the Danites. Shelomith’s son tried to mend his ways: he converted and wanted to be part of his tribe, but they cast out the “Other” from their midst on the flimsiest of excuses. His isolation within society and the unwillingness of his tribe to accept him drove him to the extreme act of blasphemy, which resulted in his death.
WIKIPEDIA: According to the Bible, Galilee was named by the Israelites and was the tribal region of Naphthali and Dan, at times overlapping the Tribe of Asher's land.
