Deu 7:22, Judg 2:21-22 | ESV | STEP | The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little . You may not make an end of them at once , lest the wild beasts grow too numerous for you.

d ch. 3:1, 4; Ex. 15:25; [Deut. 8:2, 16; 13:3]

Deuteronomy 7:22

22 ^aThe Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little. You may not make an end of them at once, ^{▼▼Or quickly} lest the wild beasts grow too numerous for you.

Judges 2:21-22

21 ^cI will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died, 22 in order ^dto test Israel by them, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.”