Exodus 23:28-30

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁸ I will send the hornet^[a] in front of you. He will force your enemies to leave. The Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites will leave your country. ²⁹ But I will not force all of them out of your land quickly. I will not do this in only one year. The land will be empty if I force the people out too fast. Then all the wild animals would increase and control the land. And they would be much trouble for you. ³⁰ So I will force them out of your land very slowly. I will do this as you grow and eventually take the land to be your own.