The highmountainsare for the wildgoats;The cliffsare a refugefor the shephanim.
"Do you knowthe timethe mountaingoatsgivebirth?Do you observethe calvingof the deer?
The shephanimare not mightypeople,Yet they maketheir housesin the rocks;
Likewise, the shaphan,for though it chewscud,it does not dividethe hoof,it is uncleanto you;
"Nevertheless,you are not to eatof theseamongthose which chewthe cud,or amongthose that dividethe hoofin two:the cameland the rabbitand the shaphan,for though they chewthe cud,they do not dividethe hoof;they are uncleanfor you.
Then Saultookthreethousandchosenmenfrom allIsraeland wentto seekDavidand his menin frontof the Rocksof the WildGoats.
