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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.
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Verse 22. Thee. Three millions of people not being sufficient to cultivate the land. Exodus 23:29. Menochius.—God could easily have destroyed those mighty nations at once; but he would not give the Israelites any occasion of boasting. D.—If they never succeeded to expel them entirely out of the country, they might attribute it to their own negligence and other sins. Bible.
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