So I will force those people out of your land very slowly. You will continue to move across the land. And wherever you go I will force the other people to leave.
Exodus 23:29 - Easy To Read Version But I will not force all those people out of your land quickly. I will not do this in only one year. The land will be empty if I force the people out too fast. Then all the wild animals would increase and control the land. And they would be much trouble for you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate [for lack of attention] and the wild beasts multiply against you. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I won’t drive them out before you in a single year so the land won’t be abandoned and the wild animals won’t multiply around you. Catholic Public Domain Version I will not cast them out from your face in one year, lest the land be reduced to a wilderness and the wild beasts increase against you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will not cast them out from thy face in one year: lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee. |
So I will force those people out of your land very slowly. You will continue to move across the land. And wherever you go I will force the other people to leave.
“When you go into your land, I will force your enemies out of that land. I will expand your borders—you will get more and more land. You will go before the Lord your God three times each year. At that time, no one will try to take your land from you.
The Lord your God will force those nations to leave your country little by little. You will not destroy them all at once. If you did, then the wild animals would grow to be too many for you.
The army of Judah was not able to force out the Jebusite people living in Jerusalem. So today there are still Jebusite people living among the people of Judah in Jerusalem.