Psalm 104:18


The high mountains are for the wild goats;
The rocks are a refuge for the shephanim.

Proverbs 30:26


The shephanim are not a mighty folk,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

Job 39:1

“Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?

Leviticus 11:5

And the shaphan, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you.

Deuteronomy 14:7

However, you are not to eat any of these [animals] among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel, the hare and the shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not split the hoof; they are unclean for you.

1 Samuel 24:2

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to search for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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Summary

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

The wild goats

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Bible References

The wild goats

1 Samuel 24:2
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to search for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
Job 39:1
“Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?

The conies

Deuteronomy 14:7
However, you are not to eat any of these [animals] among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel, the hare and the shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not split the hoof; they are unclean for you.
Proverbs 30:26

The shephanim are not a mighty folk,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

General references

Proverbs 30:26

The shephanim are not a mighty folk,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;