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Bible >Exodus >Chapter 23 > Verse 29
◄ Exodus 23:29►
New International Version
But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.

New Living Translation
But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals would multiply and threaten you.

English Standard Version
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.

New American Standard Bible
I will not drive them out from you in a single year, so that the land will not become desolate and the animals of the field become too numerous for you.

NASB 1995
“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.

NASB 1977
“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.

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

Amplified Bible
I will not drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate [due to lack of attention] and the [wild] animals of the field do not become too numerous for you.

Christian Standard Bible
I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
But I won't do all this in the first year, because the land would become poor, and wild animals would be everywhere.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will not force them out of your way in one year. Otherwise, the land would be deserted, and wild animals would take over.

Good News Translation
I will not drive them out within a year's time; if I did, the land would become deserted, and the wild animals would be too many for you.

International Standard Version
I won't drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate and so that wild animals do not overrun you.

NET Bible
I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
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.

World English Bible
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I do not cast them out from before you in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field has multiplied against you;

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Smith's Literal Translation
I will not drive them out from thy face in one year, lest the land shall be desolate, and the beast of the field multiply upon thee.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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.

New American Bible
But I will not drive them all out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.

New Revised Standard Version
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, or the land would become desolate and the wild animals would multiply against you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
I will not destroy them from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I shall not destroy them from before you in one year, that the land will not be a desolation, and wild animals multiply upon you.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

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

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Angel to Lead
…28I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.29I will notdrive them outbefore youin a singleyear;otherwisethe landwould becomedesolateand wildanimalswould multiplyagainst you.30Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:22
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.

Joshua 13:1
Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

Judges 2:21-23
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died. / In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.” / That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.

Leviticus 26:22
I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.

Numbers 33:55
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.

Deuteronomy 9:3
But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.

Deuteronomy 31:3-5
The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said. / And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land. / The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.

Joshua 23:13
know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

Judges 3:1-4
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, / if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: / 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 Lebo-hamath. ...

2 Kings 17:25-26
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them. / So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”

Isaiah 7:22-25
and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey. / And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found. / Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. ...

Jeremiah 12:4
How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

Ezekiel 14:15
Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,

Matthew 13:29-30
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them. / Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Luke 18:7-8
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them? / I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”


Treasury of Scripture

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.

in one year

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.

Joshua 15:63
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

Joshua 16:10
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

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Exodus 23
1.Of slander, false witness, and partiality
4.Of charitableness
6.Of justice in judgment
8.Of taking bribes
9.Of oppressing a stranger
10.Of the year of rest
12.Of the Sabbath
13.Of idolatry
14.Of the three feasts
18.Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice
20.An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him














I will not drive them out before you in a single year;
This phrase indicates God's strategic plan for the Israelites' conquest of Canaan. The gradual process reflects God's wisdom in ensuring the Israelites' readiness to occupy the land. Historically, the conquest of Canaan was a complex military and spiritual endeavor, requiring time for the Israelites to grow in strength and numbers. This gradual approach also allowed for the Israelites to develop spiritually and culturally, aligning with God's covenantal promises. Theologically, this reflects God's patience and understanding of human limitations, as well as His sovereignty in orchestrating events according to His divine timeline.

otherwise the land would become desolate
The concern for the land becoming desolate highlights the agricultural and economic realities of the ancient Near East. If the land were left uninhabited, it would quickly fall into disrepair, with fields becoming overgrown and infrastructure deteriorating. This reflects the importance of stewardship and the need for a settled population to maintain the land's productivity. Biblically, this can be seen as a call to responsible management of God's creation, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation.

and wild animals would multiply against you.
The multiplication of wild animals is a practical concern, as uninhabited areas would naturally see an increase in wildlife, posing a threat to human settlers. In the ancient world, wild animals such as lions, bears, and wolves were a significant danger, especially to livestock and agriculture. This phrase underscores the balance between human habitation and the natural world, a balance that God intended to maintain through the gradual conquest. Symbolically, wild animals can also represent chaos and disorder, contrasting with the order and peace that God desires for His people. This imagery is echoed in prophetic literature, where peace is often depicted as a time when humans and animals coexist harmoniously (e.g.,Isaiah 11:6-9).

Persons / Places / Events
1.God (Yahweh)
The speaker of the verse, who is providing guidance and assurance to the Israelites regarding their conquest of the Promised Land.

2.Israelites
The chosen people of God, who are being led into the Promised Land and are the recipients of God's promises and instructions.

3.Promised Land (Canaan)
The land promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which the Israelites are to inhabit.

4.Canaanite Nations
The inhabitants of the Promised Land whom God promises to drive out before the Israelites.

5.Beasts of the Field
Represents the potential danger and chaos that could arise if the land were left uninhabited too quickly.
Teaching Points
God's Timing is Perfect
Trust in God's timing, as He knows what is best for us and orchestrates events for our ultimate good.

Gradual Growth and Maturity
Spiritual growth often occurs gradually. Just as the Israelites were to take the land little by little, we should be patient with our spiritual journey.

Avoiding Spiritual Desolation
Rapid changes can lead to spiritual desolation. We must be cautious and allow God to guide us step by step.

Dependence on God for Protection
Just as God protected the Israelites from the beasts, we must rely on Him for protection against spiritual dangers.

Wisdom in God's Plans
God's plans are wise and purposeful. We should seek His wisdom in our decisions and trust His overarching plan for our lives.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1.What is the meaning of Exodus 23:29?

2.How does Exodus 23:29 illustrate God's wisdom in gradual change for His people?

3.What can we learn about patience from God's plan in Exodus 23:29?

4.How does Exodus 23:29 connect with God's timing in Ecclesiastes 3:1?

5.In what ways can we apply Exodus 23:29 to personal spiritual growth?

6.How does Exodus 23:29 encourage trust in God's long-term plans for us?

7.Why did God choose to drive out enemies gradually in Exodus 23:29?

8.How does Exodus 23:29 reflect God's understanding of human limitations?

9.What does Exodus 23:29 reveal about God's strategy for Israel's conquest?

10.What are the top 10 Lessons from Exodus 23?

11.Why does archaeological evidence show Canaanite culture continuing uninterrupted, contradicting the conquest narrative?

12.How does Joshua 23:5’s promise of complete conquest align with later biblical texts showing ongoing battles and incomplete occupation of Canaan?

13.Joshua 17:12: Why couldn’t Manasseh drive out the Canaanites if God had already promised total victory?

14.Why does archaeological evidence show that the Israelites were originally Canaanites rather than an invading force?
What Does Exodus 23:29 Mean
I will not drive them out

God Himself takes responsibility for the conquest, reminding Israel that victory is His work, not theirs.

• Sovereign action: “The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you” (Deuteronomy 31:3).

• Assured promise: Earlier, He pledged, “I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter” (Exodus 23:27).

• Encouragement to trust: Because the battle is the Lord’s (1 Samuel 17:47), Israel can move forward in confidence rather than in fear.

before you in a single year

The timetable is deliberate and measured.

• Gradual fulfillment: “The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little” (Deuteronomy 7:22), echoing this same principle.

• Divine pacing protects hearts: Sudden success can inflate pride (Deuteronomy 8:17). By spacing out the victories, God trains His people in ongoing dependence (Joshua 11:18).

• Patience in promise: Even when God’s timing feels slow, “The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise” (2 Peter 3:9). He aligns events with the capacity of His people.

otherwise the land would become desolate

Swift expulsion of the Canaanites would leave empty cities and unattended fields.

• Stewardship concern: The land “flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:17) required constant cultivation; uncared-for vineyards and walls would crumble (Proverbs 24:30-31).

• Provision protected: God ensures the inheritance remains fruitful when Israel finally settles (Joshua 24:13).

• Illustrates God’s foresight: He guards both spiritual and practical well-being (Matthew 6:32-33).

and wild animals would multiply against you

Vacant territory invites danger from nature.

• Historical precedent: When Assyria resettled Samaria, lions attacked the sparse population (2 Kings 17:25).

• Balance of creation: Humanity’s presence restrains aggressive wildlife (Genesis 1:28).

• Mercy in delay: By keeping some inhabitants until Israel can fill the land, God shields His people from threats they are not yet ready to manage.

summary

Exodus 23:29 highlights God’s wise, protective timing. He alone drives out Israel’s enemies, but He does so gradually to preserve the land’s productivity and to safeguard His people from uncontrolled nature. The verse teaches patient trust, faithful stewardship, and confidence that God’s pace is always for our good and His glory.

(29)The beast of the field.--Comp.2Kings 17:25-26, where we find that this result followed the deportation of the Samaritans by the Assyrians.

Verse 29. -I will not drive them out from before thee in one year. The Divine action is for the most part "slack, as men count slackness" - it is not hasty, spasmodic, precipitate, as human action is too often. Men are impatient; God is strangely, wonderfully patient. He would not drive out the Canaanitish nations all at once -

1.Lest the land should become desolate, there being an insufficient population to keep down the weeds and maintain the tillage; and

2.Lest the beast of the field should multiply so as to become a danger to the new-comers. It is related that when the kingdom of Samaria was depopulated by the removal of the Ten Tribes, there was a great increase of lions, which preyed upon the scanty remnant left (2 Kings 17:25). Even in France, after the Franco-German war, it was found that in many districts wolves increased. A third reason why the nations were not subdued all at once, not mentioned here, is touched inJudges 2:21-23 - "The Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily, that through them he might prove Israel, whether they would keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, or not."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will not
לֹ֧א(lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 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 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 6440:The face

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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