Charles Ellicott Commentary Deuteronomy 14:5

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:5

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:5

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois." — Deuteronomy 14:5 (ASV)

The wild goat. —In German the “Steinbock” is given as the equivalent for this creature. The pygarg (dîshon) is sometimes taken to be the buffalo. If all these creatures were then to be found in Palestine, there must have been far more uncleared land than there has been for many centuries past.