Exodus 23:29

Bible in Basic English 1965

I will not send them all out in one year, for fear that their land may become waste, and the beasts of the field be increased overmuch against you.

Cross References

Exodus 23:30

Little by little I will send them away before you, till your numbers are increased and you take up your heritage in the land.

Exodus 34:24

For I will send out the nations before you and make wide the limits of your land; and no man will make an attempt to take your land while you go up to give worship to the Lord, three times in the year.

Deuteronomy 7:22

The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.

Joshua 15:63

And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.

Joshua 16:10

And the Canaanites who were living in Gezer were not forced out; but the Canaanites have been living among Ephraim, to this day, as servants, doing forced work.