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Deuteronomy 7:22
The LORD your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
Deuteronomy 7:22 · World English Bible
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Deuteronomy 7:22 in other translations
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.
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.
The Lord your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
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In context
19 the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. So shall the LORD your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
20 Moreover the LORD your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
21 You shall not be scared of them; for the LORD your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
22 The LORD your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
23 But the LORD your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.
24 He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
25 You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
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