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Deer

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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A wild quadruped, of a middle size between the stag and the roebuck; its horns turn inward, and are large and flat. The fallow deer is naturally very timorous: it was reputed clean, and good for food, Deuteronomy 14:5 . Young deer are noticed in Proverbs, Songs, and Isaiah, as beautiful creatures, and very swift, Proverbs 5:19 . See HIND .

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Deer'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​d/deer.html. 1859.
 
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