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.

[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).