Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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Bible References

Thou mayest

Exodus 23:29
I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
Joshua 15:63
Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day.

General references

Deuteronomy 11:23
then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.
Joshua 21:44
And the Lord gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the Lord gave all their enemies into their hand.