Judges 7:1-3

Expanded Bible

7 Early in the morning Jerub-Baal (also called Gideon) and all his men set up their camp at the spring of Harod [^Cat the foot of Mount Gilboa]. The Midianites were camped north of them in the valley [^Cof Jezreel] at the bottom of the hill called Moreh. ² Then the Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men ·to defeat the Midianites [^Lfor me to give Midian into your hand]. I don’t want the Israelites to brag ·that they saved themselves [^Lsaying, “My own hand has saved/^Tdelivered me”]. ³ So now, ·announce to [^Lcall into the ears of] the ·people [nation; army], ‘Anyone who is ·afraid [^Lfearful and trembling] may leave Mount Gilead [^Cprobably another name for Gilboa] and go back home.’” So twenty-two thousand men returned home, but ten thousand remained.