The Meaning of Exodus 23:29 Explained

Exodus 23:29

KJV: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

YLT: I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;

Darby: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

ASV: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I will not drive them out  from before  thee in one  year;  lest the land  become desolate,  and the beast  of the field  multiply  against thee. 

What does Exodus 23:29 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 23:18-33 - Promise Of Entrance Into Canaan
This Angel must have been the Lord himself, for Stephen said expressly that the Angel was with Moses at the burning bush, where Jehovah revealed Himself, and the very ground was holy. Besides, we are told here that God's Name-i.e., His nature-was in Him. The Son of God, therefore, must have been the leader of that pilgrim-host, preceding the march, and preparing for their needs.
Notice that God would also send the hornet before His people, Exodus 23:28. The Presence, which is an Angel for God's children, becomes a hornet to the rebellious and ungodly. To one it is a savor of life, and to the other of death. The sun that bleaches linen white, tans the hands that expose it; the cloud which is light to Israel is thick darkness to Egypt. Grieve not the Holy One, who will overcome your enemies and satisfy your soul with goodness, if you will obey His voice. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 23

1  Of slander, false witness, and partiality
4  Of charitableness
6  Of justice in judgment
8  Of taking bribes
9  Of oppressing a stranger
10  Of the year of rest
12  Of the Sabbath
13  Of idolatry
14  Of the three feasts
18  Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice
20  An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him

What do the individual words in Exodus 23:29 mean?

Not I will drive them out from before you in year one lest become the land desolate and become too numerous for you the beast of the field
לֹ֧א אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ בְּשָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת פֶּן־ תִּהְיֶ֤ה הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְרַבָּ֥ה עָלֶ֖יךָ חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶֽה

אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ  I  will  drive  them  out 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּרַשׁ 
Sense: to drive out, expel, cast out, drive away, divorce, put away, thrust away, trouble, cast up.
מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ  from  before  you 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
בְּשָׁנָ֣ה  in  year 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
אֶחָ֑ת  one 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
פֶּן־  lest 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: פֶּן  
Sense: lest, not, beware lest adv.
תִּהְיֶ֤ה  become 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
שְׁמָמָ֔ה  desolate 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁמָמָה 
Sense: devastation, waste, desolation.
וְרַבָּ֥ה  and  become  too  numerous 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
עָלֶ֖יךָ  for  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
חַיַּ֥ת  the  beast 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
הַשָּׂדֶֽה  of  the  field 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.

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