Judges:7:2-8
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And the LORD said unto Gideon Gid #
own #,
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 .
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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 Gil #
ad #.
And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand ;
and there remained ten thousand .
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And the LORD said unto Gideon Gid #
own #,
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 .
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So he brought down the people unto the water :
and the LORD said unto Gideon Gid #
own #,
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 .
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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 .
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And the LORD said unto Gideon Gid #
own #,
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 .
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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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