Exodus 23:29

A Conservative Version

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.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:22

And LORD thy God will cast out those nations before thee little by little. Thou may not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

Joshua 16:10

And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do task work.

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.

Exodus 23:30

Little by little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Exodus 34:24

For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders. Neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou go up to appear before LORD thy God three times in the year.