Exodus 23:30

Exodus 23:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will drive them out a little at a time until your population has increased enough to take possession of the land.

Context of Exodus 23:30

28I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land. 31“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. 32Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

Exodus 23:30 word by word

מְעַ֥ט מְעַ֛ט אֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּפְרֶ֔ה וְנָחַלְתָּ֖ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• By littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• I will drive them outגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: drive outH1644
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thee, until thou be increasedפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• and inheritנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Commentaries on Exodus 23:30

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 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, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Christ is the Angel of Jehovah; this is plainly taught by St. Paul, 1Co 10:9. They should have a comfortable settlement in the land of Canaan. How reasonable are the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-31I will: God, not Israel, would take the land. The land would be a gift from their Covenant Lord. Israel was being granted possession of it as long as they faithfully fulfilled the covenant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3029-30. 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.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Exodus 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings