Deuteronomy 7:22

And Jehovah thy God will cast 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.

Exodus 23:29-30

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.

Joshua 15:63

And 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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Summary

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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Thou mayest

Exodus 23:29
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.
Joshua 15:63
And 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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Deuteronomy 11:23
then will Jehovah drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
Joshua 21:44
And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

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