Exodus 23:29
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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.

Deuteronomy 7:22
He will consume these nations in thy sight by little and little and by degrees. Thou wilt not be able to destroy them altogether: lest perhaps the beasts of the earth should increase upon thee.

Exodus 23:30
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.

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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.

in one year

Deuteronomy 7:22 He will consume these nations in thy sight by little and little and by degrees. Thou wilt not be able to destroy them altogether: lest perhaps the beasts of the earth should increase upon thee.

Joshua 15:63 But the children of Juda could not destroy the Jebusite that dwelt in Jerusalem: and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Juda in Jerusalem until this present day.

Joshua 16:10 And the children of Ephraim slew not the Chanaanite, who dwelt in Gazer: and the Chanaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim until this day, paying tribute.

Joshua 17:12,13 Neither could the children of Manasses overthrow these cities, but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land. . . .

Judges 3:1-4 These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites: . . .

Context
God's Angel to Lead
28Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before thou come in. 29I 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.30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.…
Lexicon
I will not
לֹ֧א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

drive them out
אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ (’ă·ḡā·rə·šen·nū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

before you
מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ (mip·pā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

in a single
אֶחָ֑ת (’e·ḥāṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

year;
בְּשָׁנָ֣ה (bə·šā·nāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

otherwise
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest

the land
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

would become
תִּהְיֶ֤ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

desolate
שְׁמָמָ֔ה (šə·mā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8077: Devastation, astonishment

and wild
הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

animals
חַיַּ֥ת (ḥay·yaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

would multiply
וְרַבָּ֥ה (wə·rab·bāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

against you.
עָלֶ֖יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
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.I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against you.

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.

I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.

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.

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.

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land should become desolate, and the beast of the field should multiply against thee.

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

I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;
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