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Deuteronomy 14:5

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The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
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Deuteronomy 14:5

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fallow

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1. Of ground, left untilled, unbroken, or unsown. 2. In “fallow deer,” a particular kind of animal.

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deer

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In the name “fallow deer,” an animal named among those permitted for food.

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14:3¶ Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

14:4These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

14:5The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

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14:6And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

14:7Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

14:8And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

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