Exodus 23:29

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

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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 will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.

30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the land.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:22And the LORD thy God will drive 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.

Joshua 16:10And they did not expel the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and serve under tribute.

Judges 3:1Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, ( even as many of Israel as had 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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