Exodus 23:29

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
out	אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ 'a.ga.re.She.nu	H1644	to drive out from a possession · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
before	מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ mi.pa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
one	אֶחָ֑ת 'e.Chat	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
year	בְּשָׁנָ֣ה be.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
land	הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
desolate	שְׁמָמָ֔ה she.ma.Mah	H8077	devastation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
beast	חַיַּ֥ת chai.Yat	H2416	alive · noun, common feminine singular construct
field	הַשָּׂדֶֽה ha.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
multiply	רַב rab	H7227	abundant (in quantity

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Cross-references

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 t…
Judges 3:1-4 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Joshua 17:12-13 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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…
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 tri…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:20–end

Three gracious promises are here made to Israel, to engage them to their duty and encourage them in it; and each of the promises has some needful precepts and cautions joined to it. I. It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise: Behold, I send an angel before thee (Exo 23:20), my angel (Exo 23:23), a created angel, say some, a minister of God's providence, employed in conducting and protecting the camp of Israel; that it might appear that God took a particular care of them, he appointed one of his chief servants to make it his business to attend them, and see that they wanted for nothing. Others suppose it to be the Son…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:29

I will not drive . . . out . . . in one year; lest the land become desolate--Many reasons recommend a gradual extirpation of the former inhabitants of Canaan. But only one is here specified--the danger lest, in the unoccupied grounds, wild beasts should inconveniently multiply; a clear proof that the promised land was more than sufficient to contain the actual population of the Israelites. Next: Exodus Chapter 24

Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:28

I will send hornets before thee - הצרעה hatstsirah. The root is not found in Hebrew, but it may be the same with the Arabic saraa, to lay prostrate, to strike down; the hornet, probably so called from the destruction occasioned by the violence of its sting. The hornet, in natural history, belongs to the species crabro, of the genus vespa or wasp; it is a most voracious insect, and is exceedingly strong for its size, which is generally an inch in length, though I have seen some an inch and a half long, and so strong that, having caught one in a small pair of forceps, it repeatedly escaped by using violent contortions, so that at last I was obliged to abandon all hopes of securing it alive, wh…

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John Gill on Exodus 23:29

Dictionary and topics

Canaanites — The descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. Migrating from their original home, they seem to have reached the Persian Gulf, and to have there sojourned for some time. They thence “spread to the west,…
Offerings · .Ordinances concerning — .Ordinances concerning

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Exodus 23:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:29

Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:28

John Gill on Exodus 23:29

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 23:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:29

Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:28

John Gill on Exodus 23:29

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 23:24-30

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 23:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 23:29-31

Rashi on Exodus 23:29