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Exodus 23:29

27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

28 I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.

30 Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

31 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
KJV
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.
WEB
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
ASV
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
DARBY
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.
BLB
I will not drive them out from before your faces in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beast of the field become too numerous for you.
ÅB
Jeg vil ikke jage dem bort fra deg på ett år, for at ikke landet skal bli øde og de ville dyr bli for mange for deg;
OTB
Jeg vil ikke drive dem ut foran deg på ett år, for at landet ikke skal bli øde og de ville dyrene bli for mange for deg.
B1930
Jeg vil ikke jage dem bort fra dig på ett år, forat ikke landet skal bli øde og de ville dyr bli for mange for dig;

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  • Deuteronomy 7:22

    The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.

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  • Judges 3:1–4

    These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

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  • Joshua 17:12–13

    But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

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  • Joshua 15:63

    But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

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  • Joshua 16:10

    But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

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