Judges 7:1-3

Contemporary English Version

7 Early the next morning, Gideon and his army got up and moved their camp to Fear Spring.^[a] The Midianite camp was to the north, in the valley at the foot of Moreh Hill.^[b]

² The Lord said, “Gideon, your army is too big. I can't let you win with this many soldiers. The Israelites would think that they had won the battle all by themselves and that I didn't have anything to do with it. ^3 (A) So call your troops together and tell them that anyone who is really afraid can leave Mount Gilead^[c] and go home.”

Twenty-two thousand men returned home, leaving Gideon with only 10,000 soldiers.