Exodus 23:30
Good News Translation
Instead, I will drive them out little by little, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land.

New Revised Standard Version
Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land.

Contemporary English Version
Instead, I will force out your enemies little by little and give your nation time to grow strong enough to take over the land.

New American Bible
Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have grown numerous enough to take possession of the land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.

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By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.

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Context
God's Angel to Lead
29I 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. 30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.31And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Palestines, and from the desert to the river: I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and will drive them out from before you.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:22
He will consume these nations in thy sight by little and little and by degrees. Thou wilt not be able to destroy them altogether: lest perhaps the beasts of the earth should increase upon thee.

Joshua 23:4
And now since he hath divided to you by lot all the land, from the east of the Jordan unto the great sea, ant many nations yet remain:

Joshua 23:9
And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you.

Exodus 23:29
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