⁷ And the Lord said to Gideon, ^(A)“With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home.” ⁸ So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets. And he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the 300 men. And the camp of Midian was below him ^(B)in the valley.

⁹ That same ^(C)night the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, ^(D)for I have given it into your hand.