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.
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Interpretation
It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before you, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them.