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Twenty-two thousand of the people return, and Gideon retains the three hundred men

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Judges 7:1–8: then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rise up early and encamp beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp is on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. The LORD says to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of the people return, and ten thousand remain. The LORD says to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be, that those whom I tell you, ‘This shall go with you,’ shall go with you; and whoever I tell you, ‘This shall not go with you,’ shall not go.” So the people are brought down to the water; and the LORD says to Gideon, “Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, like a dog laps, you shall set him by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.” The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, is three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bow down on their knees to drink water. The LORD says to Gideon, “I will save you by the three hundred men who lapped, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place.” So the people take food in their hand, and their trumpets; and Gideon sends all the rest of the men of Israel to their own tents, but retains the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian is beneath him in the valley.

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JDG 7:1–8, engwebp
¹Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
²The LORD said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
³Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.
⁴The LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be, that those whom I tell you, ‘This shall go with you,’ shall go with you; and whoever I tell you, ‘This shall not go with you,’ shall not go.”
⁵So he brought down the people to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, like a dog laps, you shall set him by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.”
⁶The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
⁷The LORD said to Gideon, “I will save you by the three hundred men who lapped, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place.”
⁸So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of the men of Israel to their own tents, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
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Evidence: Judges 7:1–8
Twenty-two thousand of the people return, and Gideon retains the three hundred men — Narrated location — Spring of Harod

Evidence: Judges 7:1–8
Twenty-two thousand of the people return, and Gideon retains the three hundred men — Narrated location — Hill of Moreh

Evidence: Judges 7:1–8

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Current wording: Judges 7:1–8: then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rise up early and encamp beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp is on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. The LORD says to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of the people return, and ten thousand remain. The LORD says to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be, that those whom I tell you, ‘This shall go with you,’ shall go with you; and whoever I tell you, ‘This shall not go with you,’ shall not go.” So the people are brought down to the water; and the LORD says to Gideon, “Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, like a dog laps, you shall set him by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.” The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, is three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bow down on their knees to drink water. The LORD says to Gideon, “I will save you by the three hundred men who lapped, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place.” So the people take food in their hand, and their trumpets; and Gideon sends all the rest of the men of Israel to their own tents, but retains the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian is beneath him in the valley.
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