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 should become a desolation, so would the wild-beast of the field multiply over thee.
Joshua 15:63
But, as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not dispossess them, - so the Jebusites have dwelt with the sons of Judah, in Jerusalem, until this day.

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