Exodus 23:29-30

23:29 I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals ¹  multiply against you. 23:30 Little by little ²  I will drive them out before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.

Joshua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ³  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “the beast of the field.”

² tn The repetition expresses an exceptional or super-fine quality (see GKC 396 §123.e).

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).