God's Angel to Prepare the Way

"See, I am sending an angel ahead of you
to guard you along the way
and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Pay attention to him and listen to what he says.
Do not rebel against him;
he will not forgive your rebellion,
since My Name is in him.
If you listen carefully to what he says
and do all that I say,
I will be an enemy to your enemies
and will oppose those who oppose you.
My angel will go ahead of you
and bring you into the land
of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,
Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites,
and I will wipe them out."

. . . "But I will not drive them out in a single year,
because the land would become desolate
and the wild animals too numerous for you.
Little by little I will drive them out before you,
until you have increased enough
to take possession of the land."
(Exodus 23:20-22; 29-30)