GOD'S LITTLE ARMY
Judges 7:1-8
1 Then Jerubbaal, who [is] Gideon, and all the people that [were]
with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so
that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by
the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the LORD said unto
Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to
give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves
against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore
go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever [is]
fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount
Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand;
and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon,
The people [are] yet [too] many; bring them down unto the water,
and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of
whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go
with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go
with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people
unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that
lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt
thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his
knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, [putting]
their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the
rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7
And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that
lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine
hand: and let all the [other] people go every man unto his place.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets:
and he sent all [the rest of] Israel every man unto his tent, and
retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was
beneath him in the valley.
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