Bible verse
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.
Exodus 23:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 23.
25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
28 I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29 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.
30 Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
31 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
32 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
33 They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
KJV
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.
ASV
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.
ERV
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.
Newsletter
A short reading and some honest encouragement, most weekday mornings — no noise, no selling, unsubscribe in one click.
Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, which is free of copyright restrictions for use on websites. Read the full Bible on Great Faith.