Deuteronomy 14:3-8
Lev 11:43, Lev 20:25; Isa 65:4; Ezek 4:14; Acts 10:12-14; Rom 14:14; 1Cor 10:28; Titus 1:15 Lev 11:2-8; 1Kgs 4:23 the wild goat The word akko, according to the LXX and Vulgate, signifies the tragelephus, or goat-deer; so called from its resemblance to both species. Dr. Shaw states that an animal of this kind is found in the East, where it is called fishtull, and lerwee. pygarg or, bison. Heb. dishon. The pygarg, πυγαργος, or white-buttocks, according to the LXX; and Dr. Shaw states that the liamee, as the Africans call it, is exactly such an animal; being of the same shape and colour as the antelope, and of the size of a roebuck. the wild ox Theo, probably the oryx of the Greeks, a species of large stag; and the Bekkar el wash of Dr. Shaw. Deut 14:5 Ps 1:1-2; Prov 18:1; 2Cor 6:17; On this verse remark, that the clean beast must both chew the cud and part the hoof. Two distinct characteristics, or general signs, by which the possibility of error arising from the misinterpretation of names is obviated. When God directs, his commands are not of doubtful interpretation. Matt 7:22-23, Matt 7:26; 2Tim 3:5; Titus 1:16; 2Pet 2:18-22 the swine Isa 65:4, Isa 66:3, Isa 66:17; Luke 15:15-16; 2Pet 2:22 touch Lev 11:26-27
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