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 from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Joshua 15:63
But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not dispossess them; and the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

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