Exodus 23:29

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.

Exodus 34:11

34:11 “Obey ²  what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out ³  before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

[23:29]  ¹ tn Heb “the beast of the field.”

[34:11]  ² tn The covenant duties begin with this command to “keep well” what is being commanded. The Hebrew expression is “keep for you”; the preposition and the suffix form the ethical dative, adding strength to the imperative.

[34:11]  ³ tn Again, this is the futur instans use of the participle.