And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many: bring them down unto the water, and I will [a]try them for thee there: and of whom I say unto thee, This man shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee: and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This man shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

So he brought down the people unto the water. And the Lord said unto Gideon, As many as lap the water with their tongues, as a dog lappeth, them put by themselves, and everyone that shall bow down his knees to drink, [b]put apart.

And the number of them that lapped by putting their hands to their mouths, were three hundred men: but all the remnant of the people kneeled down upon their knees to drink water.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 7:4 I will give thee a proof to know them that shall go with thee.
  2. Judges 7:5 Let them depart as unmeet for this enterprise.

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