Judges 7:2-4

Holman Christian Standard Bible

² The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to hand the Midianites over to you,^[a] or else Israel might brag:^[b] ‘I did it myself.’ ³ Now announce in the presence of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’”^(A) So 22,000 of the people turned back, but 10,000 remained.

⁴ Then the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one can go with you,’ he can go. But if I say about anyone, ‘This one cannot go with you,’ he cannot go.”