Exodus 23:29

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.

Cross References

Exodus 23:30

Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you are increased and possess the land.

Exodus 34:24

For I will cast out nations before you, and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.

Deuteronomy 7:22

The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you may not make an end of them at once, lest the wild beasts grow too numerous for you.

Joshua 15:63

But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out; so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

Joshua 16:10

However they did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: so the Canaanites have dwelt in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have become slaves to do forced labor.