Judges 7:2-4

Expanded Bible

² Then the Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men ·to defeat the Midianites [^Lfor me to give Midian into your hand]. I don’t want the Israelites to brag ·that they saved themselves [^Lsaying, “My own hand has saved/^Tdelivered me”]. ³ So now, ·announce to [^Lcall into the ears of] the ·people [nation; army], ‘Anyone who is ·afraid [^Lfearful and trembling] may leave Mount Gilead [^Cprobably another name for Gilboa] and go back home.’” So twenty-two thousand men returned home, but ten thousand remained.

⁴ Then the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take the men down to the water, and I will ·test [sort; sift out] them for you there. If I say, ‘This man will go with you,’ he will go. But if I say, ‘That one will not go with you,’ he will not go.”