Exodus 23:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.”
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“I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 23:29 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 34:24For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 7:22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
- Joshua 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
- Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
- Joshua 17:12But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
- Judges 3:1These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
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