Chamois

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(Deut 14:5) - the animal named in the cited passage, placed by the source among the antelopes. The chamois of modern natural history inhabits mountain heights in Switzerland, Germany, and Greece comparable in elevation and climate to Judea's hills. The Vulgate and Septuagint render the Hebrew name 'camelopard' or 'giraffe'; Bochart and Gesenius associated it with gazelles, while others thought it a wild goat or deer. The Mosaic Law counted it clean, and figures of such animals frequently occur on Egyptian monuments.

Scripture cited

Deuteronomy 14:5

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