The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
Parallel translations
- WEB the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.
- BSB the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
- NKJV the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the mountain goat, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
- NASB the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
- NLT the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
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Quick answer
Various wild game such as the deer, gazelle, and ibex are also clean to eat. God's provision includes the animals of the field.
Overview
The list expands to include several wild ruminants that Israel could hunt for food. This shows the breadth of God's gracious provision within the bounds he set. Such distinctions between clean and unclean prepared God's people to understand holiness, a lesson whose ceremonial form passed away in Christ.
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