Deuteronomy 7:22

He will expel those people-groups gradually. You should not try to expel all of them at one time, because if you did that, the number of wild animals would quickly increase, and you would not be able to get rid of them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

In Context

21Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God will be with/among you. He is a great God; he is the one you should be afraid of.

23Instead, Yahweh will enable you to defeat your enemies one people-group at a time. He will cause them to panic until they are destroyed.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:29I will not expel all of them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ◄ that would attack you/you would not be able to control►.

Joshua 15:63The army of the tribe of Judah was not able to force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So the people of that group are still living among the tribe of Judah.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:13-26

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all… Read the whole commentary →

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