Deuteronomio 7:22

22 Poco a poco, el Señor
tu Dios irá expulsando a esas naciones de tu paso. No las echarás a todas de una sola vez porque, de ser así, los animales salvajes se multiplicarían con demasiada rapidez para ti.

Deuteronomio 7:22 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:22

And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by
little and little
Which is observed for their encouragement, who seeing that all were not destroyed at once, might fear the work would never be thoroughly accomplished; see ( Exodus 23:30 ) ,

thou mayest not consume them at once;
though it was in the power of their hands to do it, there being some wise reasons for sparing them awhile, at least for not cutting them off all at once, and one follows:

lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee;
through so many places being waste without inhabitants, and there being none to destroy these creatures; and who therefore in course would become more numerous, and so more troublesome and distressing to the Israelites. The Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation,

``when they shall come to devour their carcasses,''

the carcasses of the slain Canaanites; who, if destroyed at once, would be so many, that they would lie unburied, which would invite the beasts of the field to come out of their lurking places to feed upon them, and which might lead them on to mischief among the Israelites.

Deuteronomio 7:22 In-Context

20 ¡Y luego el Señor
tu Dios mandará terror
para expulsar a los pocos sobrevivientes que aún hayan quedado escondidos de ti!

21 »No, no les tengas miedo a esas naciones, porque el Señor
tu Dios está contigo y él es Dios grande e imponente.

22 Poco a poco, el Señor
tu Dios irá expulsando a esas naciones de tu paso. No las echarás a todas de una sola vez porque, de ser así, los animales salvajes se multiplicarían con demasiada rapidez para ti.

23 Pero el Señor
tu Dios entregará a todas esas naciones en tus manos. Las llenará de confusión hasta que queden destruidas.

24 Pondrá a sus reyes bajo tu poder, y tú borrarás sus nombres de la faz de la tierra. Nadie podrá hacerte frente, y tú los destruirás a todos.