The Leviticus passages thus cover all the large land animals that naturally live in Canaan, except for primates, and equids ( horses, zebras, etc.), which are not mentioned in Leviticus as being either ritually clean or unclean, despite their importance in warfare and society, and their mention elsewhere in Leviticus. The Deuteronomic passages mention no further land beasts as being clean or unclean, seemingly suggesting that the status of the remaining land beasts can be extrapolated from the given rules.īy contrast, the Levitical rules later go on to add that all quadrupeds with paws should be considered ritually unclean, something not explicitly stated by the Deuteronomic passages the only quadrupeds with paws are the carnivorans ( dogs, wolves, cats, lions, hyenas, bears, etc.), and all carnivorans fall under this description. The traditional translation has been chamois, but the chamois has never naturally existed in Canaan neither is the giraffe naturally found in Canaan, and consequently the mouflon is considered the best remaining identification.
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