Judges 7:4-6

The Voice

Eternal One: ⁴You still have too many warriors. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you. When I say, “This one will fight for you,” he will go with you; but when I say, “This one will not fight for you,” then he will not go.

⁵So Gideon led his army down to the water.

Eternal One: All of those who lap water the way a dog drinks, put them to one side. All of those who go down on their knees to drink, put them on the other side.

⁶Three hundred of the men lapped up water by raising a hand to their mouths, and all the rest went down on their knees to drink.

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