Exodus
Chapter
Exodus relates the history of the Israelites from after the death of Joseph to the erection of the Tabernacle by Moses. The book includes an account of the wanderings in the wilderness of Sinai and the giving of the Law to the nation.
Exodus 23
23:29 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.