Exodus 23:29

I do not cast them out from before you in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field has multiplied against you;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

In Context

28And I have sent the hornet before you, and it has cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you;

30I cast them out little [by] little from before you, until you are fruitful, and have inherited the land.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:22And your God YHWH has cast out these nations from your presence little [by] little (you are not able to consume them quickly, lest the beast of the field multiplies against you),

Joshua 16:10and they have not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwells in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and is for forced labor—serving.

Judges 3:1And these [are] the nations which YHWH left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:21-33

Precepts and Promises. ( b. c. 1491.) 20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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