Judges 7:3-5

Expanded Bible

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.

⁴ Then the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take the men down to the water, and I will ·test [sort; sift out] them for you there. If I say, ‘This man will go with you,’ he will go. But if I say, ‘That one will not go with you,’ he will not go.”

⁵ So Gideon led the men down to the water. There the Lord said to him, “Separate them into those who drink water by lapping it up like a dog [^Cwith cupped hand making a bowl] and those who ·bend down [kneel] to drink [^Cwith faces in the water].”