Judges 7:1-8
Gideon’s 300 Men
7Then aJerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and camped beside 1the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was on the north side of 2them by the hill of bMoreh in the valley.
2And Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, alest Israel honor themselves, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ 3“So now, 1come, call out in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘aWhoever is afraid and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So 22,000 people returned, but 10,000 remained.
4aThen Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. And it will be that he of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you; but everyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.” 5So he brought the people down to the water. And Yahweh said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, you shall set him aside by himself, and so also everyone who kneels to drink.” 6Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water. 7And Yahweh said to Gideon, “I will save you awith the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his place.” 8So 1the 300 men took the people’s provisions and their trumpets into their hands. And 2Gideon sent all the other men of Israel, each to his tent, but retained the 300 men; and the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.