15 ‘Pardon me, my lord,’ Gideon replied, ‘but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.’

16 The Lord answered, ‘I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.’

17 Gideon replied, ‘If now I have found favour in your eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.

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