Judges 7:2-8 And the Lord said to Gideon, The people with thee are too numerous for me to deliver Madiam into their hands. Perhaps they may boast against me saying, My own hand hath saved me.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ² And the Lord said to Gideon, The people with thee are too numerous for me to deliver Madiam into their hands. Perhaps they may boast against me saying, My own hand hath saved me. ³ "Announce to the people: 'Anyone who is afraid should go back home.' We will stay here at Mount Gilead. Twenty-two thousand went back, but ten thousand stayed.'" ⁴ the LORD said to Gideon: "You still have too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will separate them for you. If I tell you a man should go with you, he will go. If I tell you a man should not go with you, he will not go." ⁵ Gideon took the men to the water. the LORD told him: "Separate everyone who laps up the water with his tongue like a dog, from everyone who gets down on his knees to drink." ⁶ There were three hundred men who scooped up water in their hands and lapped it. The others got down on their knees to drink. ⁷ the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place. ⁸ Gideon sent the Israelites home, except the three hundred. They kept all the supplies and trumpets. The Midianite camp was below them in the valley.