Deuteronomy 7:22
He, the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you.
Exodus 23:29-30
I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.
Joshua 15:63
The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.
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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.
Thou mayest
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Thou mayest
Exodus 23:29
I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.
Joshua 15:63
The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.
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Deuteronomy 11:23
then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
Joshua 21:44
The Lord made them secure, in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. None of their enemies could resist them.