Verse 29

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, because the land would become desolate, and the wild animals would multiply against you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:22 : 22 The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.
  • Judg 3:1-4 : 1 These are the nations that the Lord left in order to test Israel—those who had not experienced the wars of Canaan. 2 He did this to teach subsequent generations of the Israelites—those who had not known previous wars—how to fight. 3 The nations included the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath. 4 They were left to test Israel in order to know whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had given to their ancestors through Moses.
  • Josh 15:63 : 63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the descendants of Judah could not drive them out. The Jebusites live with the descendants of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.
  • Josh 17:12-13 : 12 But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to drive out the inhabitants of these cities. So the Canaanites continued to live in the land. 13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not completely drive them out.