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 beasts of the field multiply against thee.
Joshua 15:63
And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out, but the Jebusites dwell with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

General references

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