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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.
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God's Practical Wisdom
Commentators explain that God's plan to conquer Canaan gradually was not a sign of weakness, but of practical wisdom. Driving out all the inhabitants at once would have left the land desolate, allowing wild animals to multiply dangerously before the Israelites could occupy and cultivate the entire territory, a situation seen elsewhere in scripture (2 Kings 17:25–26).
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Beast of the field – that is, destructive animals.
19th Century
Anglican
The beast of the field. Compare 2 Kings 17:25–26, where we find that this result followed the deportation of the Samar…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will not drive them out from before you in one year This is observed before hand, lest the Israelites should be di…
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