And the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little: you may not consume them at once, lest the wild animals of the field become too numerous for you.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Thee. Three millions of people not being sufficient to cultivate the land, Exodus xxiii. 29. (Menochius) God could easily have destroyed those mighty nations at once; but he would not give the Israelites any occasion of boasting. (Du Hamel) If they never succeeded to expel them entirely out of the country, they might attribute it to their own negligence and other sins. (Haydock)

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