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Exodus 23:29

27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

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

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.

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

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

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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;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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  • Deuteronomy 7:22

    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.

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  • Judges 3:1–4

    Now 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;

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  • Joshua 17:12–13

    Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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  • Joshua 15:63

    As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

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  • Joshua 16:10

    And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

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