Chūāijíjì 23:29

29 Wǒ bú zaì yī nián zhī neì jiàng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián niǎn chū qù , kǒngpà dì chéngwéi huāngliáng , yĕdì de shòu duō qǐlai haì nǐ .

Chūāijíjì 23:29 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 23:29

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year
This is observed before hand, lest the Israelites should be discouraged, and fear they should never be rid of them; and it was so ordered in Providence for the following reason:

lest the land become desolate;
there being not a sufficient number of Israelites to replace in their stead, to repeople the land, and to cultivate it; and yet their number was very large, being, when they came out of Egypt, as is generally computed, about two millions and a half, besides the mixed multitude of Egyptians and others, and during their forty years in the wilderness must be greatly increased:

and the beast of the field multiply against thee;
there being so much waste ground for them to prowl about in, they would so increase as to make head against them, and be too many for them; or, however, it would be difficult to keep them under control: the Targum of Jonathan adds,

``when they shall come to eat their carcasses (the carcasses of the Canaanites slain in war), and may hurt thee.''

Chūāijíjì 23:29 In-Context

27 Fán nǐ suǒ dào de dìfang , wǒ yào shǐ nàli de zhòng mín zaì nǐ miànqián jīnghaì , rǎoluàn , yòu yào shǐ nǐ yīqiè chóudí zhuàn beì taópǎo .

28 Wǒ yào dǎfa huángfēng fēi zaì nǐ qiánmian , bǎ Xīwèirén , Jiānán rén , Hèrén niǎn chū qù .

29 Wǒ bú zaì yī nián zhī neì jiàng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián niǎn chū qù , kǒngpà dì chéngwéi huāngliáng , yĕdì de shòu duō qǐlai haì nǐ .

30 Wǒ yào jiànjiàn dì jiàng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián niǎn chū qù , dĕng dào nǐde rén shǔ jiā duō , chéngshòu nà dì wéi yè .

31 Wǒ yào déng nǐde jìngjiè , cóng Hónghǎi zhídào Fēilìshì hǎi , yòu cóng kuàngyĕ zhídào dà hé . wǒ yào jiàng nà dì de jūmín jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu zhōng , nǐ yào jiàng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián niǎn chū qù .