Exodus 23:29-30
Context23:29 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
Context15:63 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
[23:29] 1 tn Heb “the beast of the field.”
[23:30] 2 tn The repetition expresses an exceptional or super-fine quality (see GKC 396 §123.e).
[15:63] 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[15:63] 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).