Deuteronomy 7:22

The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for the wild beasts would grow too numerous for you.

Exodus 23:29-30

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.

Joshua 15:63

Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day.

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Summary

Deuteronomy 7:22

And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

Thou mayest

Exodus 23:29

Joshua 15:63

General references

Deuteronomy 11:23

Joshua 21:44

Bible References

Thou mayest

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.

Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day.

General references

then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.

And the Lord

gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the Lord gave all their enemies into their hand.