Judges 7:1-12

Judges 7:1-12

[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  [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  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.  [9] And it came to pass the same night,  that the LORD  said  unto him, Arise,  get thee down  unto the host;  for I have delivered  it into thine hand.  [10] But if thou fear  to go down,  thou with Phurah  thy servant  down  to the host:  [11] And thou shalt hear  what they say;  and afterward  shall thine hands  be strengthened  to go down  unto the host.  Then went he down  with Phurah  his servant  unto the outside  of the armed men  that were in the host.  [12] And the Midianites  and the Amalekites  and all the children  of the east  lay  along in the valley  like grasshoppers  for multitude;  and their camels  were without number,  as the sand  by the sea  side  for multitude.